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Would the UK have half the Covid deaths if Boris had “followed the science”?
“Professor Lockdown” argued against the one measure that really might have helped
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
Ministry of Silly Thoughts
Wes Streeting made the grave error of consulting the British people
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
Subscribe to save the BBC
A radical new solution to the problem of the BBC’s outmoded licence fee that could ensure more high-quality programming
A rebel advance in Syria is nothing to cheer
You don’t have to sympathise with Assad to think that the alternative would be worse
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
British industry has forgotten how to use its voice
Corporate cowards are not standing up to the government
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
A shot of Christmas spirit
The Old Vic’s “A Christmas Carol” is properly affecting
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
