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I thought I’d left looting mobs behind in the Middle East
Last week shattered all my sense of stability and permanence in New York, the city I’ve called home since 2012…
America is burning – and it could cost Trump the presidency
Will civil unrest seal Trump’s downfall?
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
Dying of neglect: the other Covid care home scandal
Poorly funded and understaffed, care homes were destined to fail
Nothing brings people together like a coach holiday
Amid all the Covid-19 coverage, it’s hardly surprising that the collapse of a coach-tour operator last week didn’t make too…
A death, live-streamed: my husband’s Skype funeral
The strange experience of my husband’s Skype funeral
Why is it that age limits never apply to men?
I’d never have thought I’d be good at doing nothing. Or rather walking the dogs, loafing in the sun, trying…
Why whales sing: it’s a question of culture
Of course animals have culture
Could the key to Covid be found in the Russian pandemic?
What we can learn from the Russian flu pandemic
How Xi is using fear of Covid to crush Hong Kong's autonomy
How Xi is using fear of Covid to crush Hong Kong
The way ‘Covid deaths’ are being counted is a national scandal
We have no idea how many ‘Covid deaths’ were actually Covid
It’s hell when your whole neighbourhood is working from home
It’s hell when the whole neighbourhood is working from home
Why the lower-sixth has so much to lose from lockdown
The lower-sixth has so much to lose from lockdown
Escaping the dragon: the government’s new approach to China
Boris Johnson’s plan to reduce Britain’s dependence on China
The NHS is letting down thousands of patients
The NHS is letting down thousands of patients
From ABBA to Pet Shop Boys: how bands got their names
You wouldn’t have thought that Starbucks’s pricing policy could influence rock history, but that’s what happened. In the early 1990s,…
Brexit is back – and Covid has transformed negotiations
How Covid-19 has transformed the negotiations
Bats don’t deserve all this bad publicity
‘You’d like me to write about bats? I’ve not held one in earnest for years,’ I said, although I did…
Why is the WHO so worried about Tanzania?
Dar es Salaam The World Health Organisation has drawn up a shortlist of countries it’s most concerned about during the…
Can the EU survive this virus?
Will the EU survive the virus?
Britain’s strange aversion to seafood
Britain’s strange aversion to seafood
‘Herd immunity’ is impossible without a vaccine
Understanding immunity to Covid-19 is like trying to decode Enigma
Lockdowns are as contagious as Covid
What if the virus had started somewhere other than China?
Is Trump more left-wing than Biden?
Trump sometimes appears more progressive than Biden
Coromance is blossoming
Being stuck at home will make our relationships stronger
