Sweden's rule of eight marks a change of strategy
Sweden has been pretty much the only country in the world to have responded to coronavirus using a voluntary system: advising,…
Dominic Cummings's departure is dangerous timing for Boris
Dominic Cummings didn’t angle for this job: Boris Johnson begged him to take it. The Tories faced extinction after the…
Britain closes borders to visitors from Denmark after mink farm outbreak
How worried should we be about a mutant strain of Coronavirus found in Denmark’s mink farms? The virus was found…
Why have No. 10’s Covid forecasts changed so much?
We have just seen how much the Prime Minister’s view of the virus has changed, and how quickly. Just ten days ago,…
The long winter – why Covid restrictions could last until April
The ‘worst-case scenario’ for Covid
Was the NHS was overrun by Covid during lockdown?
The decision to implement lockdown was inspired partly by the appalling scenes from Lombardy, where hospitals were overrun and dying…
Kemi Badenoch: ‘Being black is not just about victimhood’
Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch on the ‘poison’ of identity politics
How likely is the NHS to be overwhelmed by Covid?
Over the summer, NHS chiefs were told not to worry too much about a second wave because the £12 billion test-and-trace would…
Sales of The Spectator surge towards 100,000
When The Spectator returned furlough money during lockdown, we set ourselves a new target. Rather than take taxpayer subsidy, we’d try…
Andrew Neil to chair a new British television news network
For some time now, there has been talk about a challenger television to rival Sky and the BBC. Now it’s official:…
The Spectator, the Co-op and cancel culture – a cautionary tale
Earlier this month, there was a bit of a fuss when the Co-op’s Twitter account said it would not be…
Harold Evans: writer, editor, teacher
The death of Harold Evans last night will mean tomorrow’s newspapers will be rightly filled with tributes to a pioneering…
The missing leader: Boris Johnson needs to find his purpose again
Boris Johnson needs to find his purpose again
Introducing Spectator TV, with Andrew Neil
Last week, we launched Spectator TV with The Week in 60 Minutes. Hosted by Andrew Neil and featuring James Forsyth,…
Can Scotland afford independence?
How would an independent Scotland have fared during the pandemic? We found out this week on the annual release of…
The Spectator, war and slavery: a note on our history
In her article about the point of protest, Tali Fraser mentions the support of Manchester in the 1860s for the…
Our duty to Hong Kong: the case for granting full British citizenship
It’s time to offer British citizenship – not just visas – to the Hong Kong Chinese
New study suggests Covid infections were falling before lockdown
When lockdown was first imposed, there was little science to base it on. The virus was assumed to be growing…
Norway health chief: lockdown was not needed to tame Covid
Norway is assembling a picture of what happened before lockdown and its latest discovery is pretty significant. It is using…
Sweden tames its ‘R number’ without lockdown
Sweden has been the world’s Covid-19 outlier, pursuing social distancing but rejecting mandatory lockdown. Schools, bars and restaurants are open…
Non-Covid deaths are also rising. It's time to ask why
Today’s excess death figures are shocking, but they are perhaps even worse when you consider how many are not linked…
Pompeo: China must be more transparent
While coronavirus ravages the world, a political battle is also being waged with China resisting suggestions that it’s to blame.…
Imperial study: New York deaths could peak at 1,000 a day
As the world tries to understand more about the trajectory of the coronavirus, a study from the Engineering faculty of…
Varadkar’s election gamble backfires as Sinn Fein surge
Irish election results are being counted and it seems that Leo Varadkar’s snap election gamble has worked out as badly…
The Queen tells Harry: out means out
In the end, it took just over a week for Prince Harry to announce and finalise the terms of his…
