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The ferocious bias against Dominic Cummings

30 May 2020 9:00 am

At Dominic Cummings’s press conference on Monday, reporters tried two lines of attack. One was to behave like local detectives,…

The genius of Alfred Hitchcock

30 May 2020 9:00 am

Nobody earns the right to respect just by having lived into old age, whenever that begins — it has happened…

Is living without risk really living at all?

30 May 2020 9:00 am

Taking my life in my hands — as we all do when getting out of bed — I walked along…

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Trump severs ties with World Health Organization

30 May 2020 5:33 am

President Trump is cutting all US funding to the World Health Organization as of Friday afternoon. ‘China has total control…

Can Germany spend its way out of the corona crisis?

29 May 2020 9:49 pm

Coronavirus is grim news for all major economies and Germany is no exception. The country’s economic output decreased by 2.2…

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Did any Americans actually inject disinfectant after Trump suggested it?

29 May 2020 8:17 am

There’s been no shortage of outrage from the press during the coronavirus pandemic. One of the more notable meltdowns came…

Japan's Covid success is a mystery

28 May 2020 12:03 am

Japan’s Covid ‘State of Emergency’ is now officially over. Tokyo, the last of Japan’s 47 prefectures to be officially released…

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The big debate: is lockdown wrong?

26 May 2020 6:52 pm

Is lockdown a gargantuan mistake? That’s the view of a growing number of thinkers and critics, including The Spectator’s very…

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A short guide to justifying re-lockdown

25 May 2020 9:37 pm

Fear is gripping the American public health and media establishments: they are losing control. States are belatedly (and far too…

Dominic Cummings has a human shield: Boris Johnson

25 May 2020 4:11 am

The rule of modern politics, let’s call it Trump’s first law, is that if you are being attacked for apparently…

What's more disturbing: Cummings' behaviour - or the mob pursuing him?

25 May 2020 1:00 am

The Dominic Cummings story is deeply disturbing. No, not the fact that Cummings and his wife, Mary Wakefield, took what…

Why Dominic Cummings' departure may only be a 'matter of time'

24 May 2020 8:45 pm

Dominic Cummings’s role in government no longer looks sustainable, as members of the cabinet and Tory MPs turn against him…

X days to save the economy!

23 May 2020 9:00 am

I wonder what the Labour party will use as its scare slogan at the next election? After all, the usual…

Liberal fears are contagious

23 May 2020 9:00 am

It has become a commonplace among social psychologists that one of the characteristics that unites conservatives is our sensitivity to…

Letters: When is a sport not a sport?

23 May 2020 9:00 am

Save the children Sir: Your leading article is correct that the government should have evaluated the detriment caused by shutting…

Why is the WHO so worried about Tanzania?

23 May 2020 9:00 am

Dar es Salaam The World Health Organisation has drawn up a shortlist of countries it’s most concerned about during the…

Portrait of the week: Unemployment up, bathers banned and Corbyn’s brother arrested

23 May 2020 9:00 am

Home The United Kingdom seemed reluctant to come out of its lockdown. ‘We are likely to face a severe recession,…

The horror of socially distanced restaurants

23 May 2020 9:00 am

What does a critic do when her genre collapses? Mostly I panic. I speak to restaurateurs who believe that without…

Rico Back’s departure is a first-class opportunity for Royal Mail

23 May 2020 9:00 am

The Royal Mail worker who rang my bell to deliver an Amazon package on Friday was wearing a glittery ball…

Are you a lockdown eel or a pygmy goat?

23 May 2020 9:00 am

I identify strongly with the garden eels in the Tokyo aquarium. Pre-corona, they were perfectly sociable. Come opening hour, when…

Did the behavioural scientists have a point?

23 May 2020 9:00 am

For all the abuse heaped on the Behavioural Insights Team early in the crisis, let’s not forget that the only…

The lost world of lockdown

23 May 2020 9:00 am

It started when, the day after the announcement of some lockdown easing, I drove five miles along the coast road.…

‘Herd immunity’ is impossible without a vaccine

23 May 2020 9:00 am

Understanding immunity to Covid-19 is like trying to decode Enigma

Lockdowns are as contagious as Covid

23 May 2020 9:00 am

What if the virus had started somewhere other than China?

Coromance is blossoming

23 May 2020 9:00 am

Being stuck at home will make our relationships stronger