SARS
Sprinting in the coronavirus marathon
Europe escaped SARS in 2003 – and duly failed to plan for the next pandemic
Ferrari and the terrible joy
Michael Mann’s Ferrari shows how ambiguity and contradiction fuels us
Drying up
How canals retreated into quiet obscurity
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality
A bitter pill
Women and girls are losing medical advice and safeguards in the name of “freedom”
Preaching to a dwindling choir
Once the default denomination of tycoons and the WASP elite, America’s Episcopal Church is struggling
How the internet killed The Simpsons
Nicholas Clairmont has avidly viewed more than 750 episodes of the comedy about the residents of Springfield — but won’t be watching any more
Kilkenny’s golden age
A fascinating exploration of Irish history could have been better and more comprehensively illustrated
Sinking giggling into the sea
The Conservatives were very amused with Rishi Sunak’s latest joke, even if no one else was
Campus confidential
Inside the secret Cambridge societies hiding their unfashionable views
My husband and Zoe
Claudia Savage-Gore is irked by her man’s latest obsession
Staying in place
How history and heritage enrich our surroundings
