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The most dangerous thing about coronavirus is the hysteria
The most dangerous thing about coronavirus is the hysteria
‘Desolate, despairing and awful’: Britain’s uninhabitable island
In 1978, an invitation was sent to some 200 members of Oxford’s Dangerous Sports Club, which simply read: ‘Tea, Rockall,…
Battle of the billionaires: Trump vs Bloomberg could be the nastiest election ever
‘Mini Mike’ is the only candidate rich enough to intimidate the President
The internet is taking the joy out of quotations
The internet is taking the joy out of citations
Why have so many of our recent viruses come from bats?
Why are they responsible for so many of our recent viruses?
Northern lights: Seven steps for levelling up Britain
Seven steps for levelling up Britain
Joan Collins: Parasite didn’t deserve to win Best Picture
Recovering from a bad cold and bored to tears by the fare on television, Netflix, Amazon and Hulu (it’s shocking…
My Parkinson’s diagnosis has shown me how kind society really is
Having Parkinson’s has shown me a different side of society
How political is your bread board?
It’s not known which inspired Victorian first had the idea to take a chopping block and carve it into a…
The death of the centre in European politics
What happens when times change, but parties don’t?
The government’s plans for a pandemic are both reassuring and alarming
How prepared is the UK for a pandemic?
The Shia Krays: the whole of Iraq is being held to ransom
The whole of Iraq is being held to ransom
The rise and rise of the museum cafe
The rise of the museum café
The Korean wave: how Seoul film and music won over the world
Seoul’s culture has become a global phenomenon
Pangolins are being blamed for coronavirus – and I’m sorry for eating one
Is the pangolin having its revenge?
Will Brexit make Valentine’s Day flowers less expensive?
Will Brexit make Valentine’s Day less expensive?
The fight to save G. K. Chesterton’s home from demolition
It’s a quiet Wednesday afternoon in Britain’s most expensive market town, and there’s a sense of foreboding in the air.…
Terror cells: how Britain’s prisons became finishing schools for extremists
Our prisons are fuelling radicalism, not fighting it
As prisons minister, I saw how bad things really are on the inside
What I saw as prisons minister
After Iowa, Donald Trump looks invincible
The Democrats have gifted Trump his best week since taking office
The Scottish literary giants who stoked the fires of Anglophobia
On the Scottish literary giants who stoked the fires of Anglophobia
Did Britain commit a war crime in Dresden? A conversation
A conversation between Sinclair McKay and A.N. Wilson
God’s honest truth? Homosexuality is hardly mentioned in the Bible
The Bible’s message on same-sex relationships is open to dispute
Dining, swimming, therapy: why is everyone obsessed with going ‘wild’?
Our worship of the ‘wild’ has gone too far
Is Monopoly feminist?
I’ve been playing a lot of Monopoly recently. My son got his first grown-up set for Christmas and, even after…
