coronavirus
The problem with Britain’s mental health
Experts tell us that we are facing a mental health ‘time bomb’ in the UK, partly as a consequence of…
What should we put in our time capsule of the plague year?
What to include in a memory box of the plague year?
The China model: why is the West imitating Beijing?
From spending to lockdown, the West is copying Beijing
Portrait of the week: Covid retreats, raves resume and a £165,000 squid
Home ‘I think we have got a good chance of being able to dispense with the one-metre-plus from 21 June,’…
Data, not dates: there is no reason to delay a return to normal life
A slogan can come back to haunt you. For Boris Johnson, the words ‘data not dates’ sounded powerful at a…
How the West can help India
Why India is reluctant to lock down again
The 'Covid deaths' which are not caused by Covid
Registered Covid deaths fell to just one on Monday, leading many to comment that the epidemic in Britain is effectively…
Why we should worry about the post-Covid exodus of older workers
Concerns around unemployment during the pandemic have, understandably, been focused on younger people. Last year it was under-24 year olds…
In India, the Covid crisis has left us helpless and broken
We’re running out of beds, oxygen, medicines – and hope
Hospital wards are filling up again – with fakers
As Covid retreats, the malingerers are making a comeback
Am I really paying £3,000 for six days in Wales?
Has it ever been more difficult to plan a family holiday? At the time of writing, it is illegal to…
Portrait of the week: Covid pills, Chauvin’s conviction and a red card for the Super League
Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, announced the hunt was on for two effective pills to treat Covid, to be…
Why I don’t regret leaving the BBC
I have just had my second jab and it poses a dilemma. As an assiduous Covid rule-taker, I have been…
Who gave Abba ‘nul points’ in 1974?
Falling from grace Six Premier League football clubs had announced their intention to join a European Super League, from which…
Portrait of the week: Duke of Edinburgh dies, Covid retreats and questions for Cameron
Home The Duke of Edinburgh, who was married to the Queen for 73 years, died at Windsor Castle, aged 99.…
My painstaking preparations for Prince Philip’s funeral
The files arrived marked ‘STRICT EMBARGO’ and ‘CONFIDENTIAL’ and ‘FORTH BRIDGE REVISED’ and stamped with various crests and insignia. My…
Let’s show vaccine passports for football fans the red card
As I’ve written before, the thing I’ve missed the most in the past 12 months is going to see QPR…
Britain is in danger of repeating its post-war mistakes
What we can learn from Britain’s rationing mistakes
The truth about Russia’s hidden Covid deaths
Putin’s hidden Covid deaths
Can Boris beat the vaccine passport rebels?
No prime minister wants to be dependent on the opposition to get the government’s business through the House of Commons.…
The competitive cult of cosiness
Can we escape the cult of cosiness?
Portrait of the week: Vaccine passports, Northern Ireland riots and a cocaine-smuggling kayaker
Home The government sketched a scheme for a coronavirus passport, or ‘Covid status certification’, to be tried out at the…
Britain’s vaccine success was supposed to lead to freedom. What happened?
Britain’s vaccine success was supposed to lead to freedom. What happened?
How likely is a false positive from a Covid test?
Positive thinking The government wants us to test ourselves for Covid-19 twice a week, using lateral flow kits which will…
In Israel, vaccine passports are already redundant
Vaccine passports are already redundant in Israel
