Zero COVID
The people sing
The Chinese have had enough of lockdowns
The emptiness of hype
A cultural legacy depends on far more than passing enthusiasm
Free speech is a waste of breath
Free speech is not our cause, and it gets us nowhere anyway
A “lost” novel better left unfound
We’re a long way from touchstones One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera
What are universities for?
The battle for British universities is not yet lost
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
Nova’s diary: Everything’s different now
Rishi is helping our neighbour, Big Jeremy, with his sums
How dark can humour be?
Laughter — even laughter about morbid things — is part of what makes us human
Legal laughs
Legal “humour” is seldom more than mildly amusing
The fixtures that forged a nation
Even if you loathed sport, you could enjoy this book — which is why it can both delight and frustrate
Keep your shirt on
Don your white shirt with a flash of scarlet à la the fashion bitches
Apologies are useless without action
It is nice that Gillian Keegan has acknowledged reality, but it is not enough
