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The ethics of lockdown
Is the harm it causes justified?
How Russia will try to influence what happens next
How Russia will try to influence what happens next
The long winter – why Covid restrictions could last until April
The ‘worst-case scenario’ for Covid
The haunting stories of Britain’s ‘bog bodies’
Some believe that All Hallows’ Eve is adopted from a much older Celtic holiday, Samhain, that marked the change from…
Bangkok’s unravelling was easy to see coming
Three years ago I sat down to write a novel set in my adopted home city. Placing its claustrophobic action…
Trump’s humour is his weakness – and his strength
Earlier this summer left-wing activists announced a ‘semi-autonomous zone’ in the Capitol Hill area of Seattle. Denuded of law enforcement…
Wales is being destroyed by tinpot tyrants
My homeland is quite rightly a laughing stock
The magic of cinema isn’t just about film
Going to the movies was a religious experience
Michael Cohen: ‘I lied for Trump, but that doesn’t make me a liar’
Michael Cohen on the cult of The Donald
Erdogan’s game: why Turkey has turned against the West
Why Turkey is severing its links with the West
Winston Churchill’s remarkable love of science
Churchill’s wartime passion
The joy of drinking alone
Thanks to a combination of night-time curfews, social-distancing rules, pubs closing, restaurants failing, the ‘rule of six’ and compulsory mask-wearing,…
Kemi Badenoch: ‘Being black is not just about victimhood’
Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch on the ‘poison’ of identity politics
Covid has become the go-to excuse for shoddy service
Covid has become a get-out clause for shoddy service
Xi’s world: Covid has accelerated China’s rise
Covid has accelerated China’s rise
The National Archives are making historians history
Restrictions on the National Archives are a disaster for historians
Europe’s long Covid: things aren’t getting better any time soon
Are we looking at a W-shaped recovery?
London’s war on motorists isn’t helping anybody
London’s war on motorists isn’t helping anybody
Test and Trace was doomed right from the start
NHS Test and Trace was doomed from the start
The terror of choosing the wrong email sign off
The etiquette of ending an email
Students who catch Covid may be saving lives
Students who catch Covid may be saving lives by building up immunity
Winkles
For the first time in 30-odd years, many Brits have started eating winkles again. Unable to holiday abroad this summer,…
Only a ‘good’ Brexit can stop Scottish independence
Only a ‘good’ Brexit can stop Scottish independence
Americans don’t seem to care that Biden is past it – they want Trump gone
Americans don’t seem to care that Biden is past it – they want Trump gone
Why this lifelong Republican has to vote for Biden
Why I’m voting for Biden
