Who else has made history at Captain Tom Moore’s age?
Oldies and goodies Captain Tom Moore, 99, raised more than £26 million by walking 100 laps of the garden of…
Letters: The joy of balconies
The closing of churches Sir: Stephen Hazell-Smith is quite right in writing that churches should re-open (Letters, 18 April), however…
2451: Cretinous solution
Unclued lights are anagrams of the names of countries (anagram of Cretinous): UNHOARDS (1A: anagram of Honduras), ATWAIN (5: Taiwan),…
The case for trusting the public is stronger than ever
Our Plan is entirely new, comprising – 1. The whole News of the Week: selected, sifted, condensed and arranged as…
Portrait of the week: The Queen turns 94, Captain Tom raises £27m and Harry and Meghan block newspapers
Home The number of people with the coronavirus disease Covid-19 who had died in hospitals by the beginning of the…
Spectator writers in lockdown – by the people stuck with them
By the people stuck with them
Spectator covers that almost were
Sometimes The Spectator goes to press very shortly after election results have been announced. In those instances, Morten Morland, our…
Trump has a point – the WHO has failed
The United States has long regarded itself as better prepared for a pandemic than any other country in the world,…
2450: Titled Men solution
Alexandre DUMAS père wrote The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, whose eponymous characters were Athos, Porthos, Aramis…
Letters: The ban on public worship has enabled more of us to experience spiritual riches
Divine works Sir: Luke Coppen writes that livestreamed services ‘lack the vital communal dimension of worship’ and ‘are, at times,…
How many racing drivers lived as long as Stirling Moss?
TV quizzes An ITV drama told the story of Major Charles Ingram, who was convicted of cheating in the gameshow…
Portrait of the week: Boris recovers, flour sales soar and France and India extend lockdowns
Home The number of people with the coronavirus disease Covid-19 who had died in hospitals by the beginning of the…
Portrait of the week: Queen speaks, mobile masts burn and Boris Johnson goes into hospital
Home The number of people who had died from the coronavirus disease Covid-19 in the UK by Sunday 5 April…
Letters: Our churches bring comfort – they must reopen
Is ‘the Science’ scientific? Sir: I hope that those in the highest places will have read and will act upon…
Difficult decisions about ending lockdown need Boris’s instinct and judgment
Ending the lockdown will require a leap of faith – one that can really only be made by the PM
Is Bernie Ecclestone the world’s oldest father?
Game on A few things which are still going on, in spite of coronavirus: — Football in Belarus, where the…
to 2449: Stateless
The unclued lights, when preceded by a US state, form MISSISSIPPI 11, CALIFORNIA 22, VIRGINIA 27, HAWAII 37, RHODE ISLAND…
Covid-19 update: Six coronavirus patients survive after placental cell therapy
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Covid-19 update: Boris ‘in good spirits’ – but still in ICU
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Portrait of the week: Coronavirus hits cabinet, EasyJet grounded and postman soldiers on
Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, contracted the coronavirus disease Covid-19, as did Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary. The Prince…
How much are people eating during lockdown?
People power Boris Johnson said that the reaction to the coronavirus crisis showed ‘There really is such a thing as…
Letters: Why coronavirus is so hard to investigate
Corona mysteries Sir: John Lee highlights the issue of dying of seasonal flu vs dying of coronavirus when assessing attributable…
One thing is missing from the government’s coronavirus response: an endgame
The failures of Britain’s pandemic planning have been brutally exposed in the past few weeks. The scandalous lack of protective…
2448: Issues solution
The novels are A Modern Utopia (anagram of AORTAE IMPOUND 17/5), The Time Machine (HEATHEN/MIMETIC 22/27), Tono-Bungay (BATON/YOUNG 29/31) and…
How much food have we really been stockpiling?
Time out When did British workers start being ‘furloughed’? The word furlough is first recorded in the English language in…
