Portrait of the week: Europe’s lockdowns ease, England stays alert and Broadway stays shut
Home The government changed its slogan from ‘Stay home, protect the NHS, save lives’ to ‘Stay alert, control the virus,…
Reopening schools must be our first priority
It would be a tragedy if one of the legacies of Covid-19 — a disease which hardly affects children physically…
Track and trace should not be our only exit strategy
The concept of the state tracking our every movement is anathema to this magazine and, we assume, to its liberal…
Letters: The toilet paper stockpile that lasted 80 years
The case for small homes Sir: Your editorial rightly highlights what must be one of the government’s priorities once the…
2453: All Right? Solution
Unclued lights were characters in the musical Oklahoma!, 2/20, 4A, 10, 22, 24, 30, 35/15D. They are AUNT ELLER, WILL…
How many books are in the average home?
Admitting defeat 8 May is celebrated as VE Day, but it is also a date which marks a significant English…
Portrait of the week: Neil Ferguson quits, Rory Stewart drops out and Boris names his baby
Home The government put its mind to the puzzle of how to get people back to work. Draft advice was…
Portrait of the week: Boris’s son is born, Commons sits apart and Belgians told to eat more potatoes
Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, returned to work at Downing Street after recovering from his Covid-19 sickness. Speaking outside…
How many 100th birthday cards does the Queen send?
Multiplying by hundreds The Queen penned a personal 100th birthday message to Captain Tom Moore, who has raised money for…
2452: Comme on dit solution
The paired unclued lights (1D/6, 14/25, 36/32 and 39/1A) are, AS THEY SAY when the title of the puzzle is…
The NHS has been protected – care homes have not
As the NHS was preparing for the Covid onslaught, thousands of hospital patients were discharged to care homes in an…
Letters: Country and town are in this together
End-of-life plans Sir: Charles Moore writes about his neighbour with poor lung function being telephoned about a ‘Do Not Resuscitate’…
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…
