coronavirus
Should we be afraid of this new swine flu?
Imagine if a vaccine for Covid-19 was approved tomorrow, and that within weeks we had all been vaccinated. Would life…
How worried should we be about a second wave?
Now that we are two months past the peak of the UK coronavirus epidemic, many fear the emergence of a…
Who watches the broadcast watchdog?
At the beginning of April, I became so frustrated by the supine coverage of the government’s response to the coronavirus…
Political pandering won’t prevent Covid deaths
When the media have gone large on the conclusions of an overpoweringly tedious report, one of the biggest favours a…
Portrait of the week: Lockdown eases, debt rises and three killed in Reading
Home Pubs in England would be allowed to reopen for table service from 4 July, Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister,…
I didn’t expect to be so moved – galleries reopen
I’m in Mayfair and I’m boarding an airplane. Or rather, I’m boarding an approximation of an airplane. In the centre…
Britain is reopening. Now it needs rebuilding
The Prime Minister’s announcement that pubs, restaurants and many other facilities will be able to re-open on 4 July amounts…
How Britain lost the war against coronavirus
The art of corona warfare
Where are the deaths?
The coronavirus doomsayers could not even wait until the fall for the apocalyptic announcements of the dreaded second wave. Because…
Nigel Farage: Trump is taking us back to more traditional alliances
Our Washington editor Amber Athey interviewed Nigel Farage, founder of the UK Brexit party, for a Steamboat Institute livestream. We’ve…
The antibody test that proved my wife wrong
Back in April, The Spectator ran a feature in which the partners of regular contributors wrote about what it was…
Britain must begin its recovery – before more damage is done
The discovery in Britain that a £5 steroid, dexamethasone, can be effective in treating Covid marks a potential breakthrough in…
In lockdown, green privilege is real
No one has stood up for the lawnless in lockdown
The full story of the ‘second wave’
Has the second wave of COVID-19 arrived? Or is it time to fully reopen the country? It depends where you…
Is dexamethasone a major Covid breakthrough?
Just how a big a deal is today’s announcement that the steroid anti-inflammatory drug Dexamethasone has been shown to be…
COVID and the left: you can’t rally, but we can riot
Are you ready for the second blame wave? As the country braces itself for an inevitable repeat surge in COVID-19…
It’s time for Boris Johnson to take back control
There is a grim inevitability to the trickle of round-robin letters from scientists who feel aggrieved at the government’s handling…
Portrait of the week: Schools stay shut, Colston tumbles and bell tolls for Japan’s bike bells
Home The government lurched uncertainly in dealing with coronavirus. Not all years in primary schools would after all return before…
This crisis could be the catalyst for a golden age of British theatre
The coronavirus crisis offers theatre a golden opportunity to break free of the structures that have held it back for years, says William Cook
The musical event of the year: Wigmore Hall BBC Radio 3 Special Broadcasts reviewed
Remember when 2020 was going to be Beethoven year? There were going to be cycles and festivals, recordings and reappraisals;…
How South Korea became the poster child for virus control
What’s behind South Korea’s Covid success?
My hairdresser cured my depression
I walked to the salon in fiery sunshine. Gorgeous, zaftig Elody was wearing a short satin dressing gown of silver…
The quarantine debacle could cripple Britain’s travel industry
The quarantine debacle could cripple British tourism
Letters: What Hong Kong really needs from Britain
Hong Kong’s future Sir: So we have a moral duty to protect the people of Hong Kong and guide them…
Normality won’t return until schools do
From Monday, you will be required by law to wear a face covering on public transport. Paradoxically, this is a…
