coronavirus
In defence of free markets in the time of coronavirus
One of the dominant political themes of the moment is that the big state, alongside either a high tax and…
Trump’s hydroxychloroquine kick is a billionaire quirk
Though it is yet to enjoy the endorsement of the UN, or the approval of the Supreme Court, the greatest…
Boycotting China is not that easy
China’s various human rights abuses, their treatment of women, their savagery toward religious people and their chokehold on Taiwan and…
California spreads the wealth…to illegal immigrants
California is mastering government of the people, by the people, for…illegal aliens? Starting this week, illegal immigrants living in California…
Trump picks a Swedish model
Donald Trump is moving toward a Swedish model. His vitality sustained by regular doses of hydroxychloroquine, President Prophylaxis is pushing…
Where is Britain's China strategy?
The UK doesn’t have a China strategy. We have not had one since George Osborne declared a ‘golden era’ of…
Boris Johnson needs to admit his coronavirus mistakes
Be careful what you wish for. Over the past few years, a fair number of thoughtful Tories have included a…
Stimulus squabble marks a return to politics as usual
Who is the proposed new $3 trillion stimulus package designed to help? If enacted, the bill — which narrowly passed…
Do the experts believe in the R number?
The R-number has been declared the most important metric in monitoring Covid in Britain. For young children to return to school…
My positive antibody test is an ‘immunity passport’ in all but name
I wouldn’t say I felt I had joined a master race when my coronavirus ‘immunity passport’ arrived this week. But…
Covid's knock-on effect on child deaths
The daily death toll has been a constant backdrop to the Covid-19 crisis. Would we ever have entered lockdown, would…
My first post-lockdown party
France is divided into a red zone and a green zone. We’re green. Green for go. From this morning we…
This lockdown may kill me
I have a new job, which is maintaining a website called Lockdown Sceptics (lockdownsceptics.org). It’s a compendium of evidence that…
Dear Mary: Why don’t my neighbours appreciate my 8 p.m. Thursday firework?
Q. For me the hallmark of a really close friend is someone with whom you feel comfortable enough to bring…
Letters: It’s not so easy to boycott Chinese goods
Jobs for all Sir: Charles Bazlington championed Universal Basic Income in last week’s magazine (Letters, 9 May). It is welcome…
How to go clubbing without leaving your living room
To my surprise, what I miss most about life before the lockdown are parties. As others pine for restaurants and…
Have you caught the remote-working bug?
One of the few benefits to emerge from this pandemic is that the world’s population has been given a crash…
Do we wrestle coronavirus to the floor – or the ground?
In the game of ‘U’ and ‘Non-U’, begun by Alan S.C. Ross (1907-80) and popularised in Nancy Mitford’s volume Noblesse…
Lives vs lives – the global cost of lockdown
The global cost of lockdown
League of nations: the race out of lockdown
Lifting lockdown is a worldwide experiment
Who can still make a Sunday joint last a week?
Sunday lunch was always roast beef and, in the traditional way, the Yorkshire pudding was served first with gravy, supposedly…
This is not a natural disaster, but a manmade one
Should our future permit an occupation so frivolous, historians years from now will make a big mistake if they blame…
The British state needs rewiring
‘Covid-19 has been perhaps the biggest test of governments worldwide since the 1940s,’ declares the government’s command paper on the…
The revenge of the oldies
Entering my 54th day of quarantine, I recall how much I was looking forward to this spring in England. There…
Portrait of the week: Europe’s lockdowns ease, England stays alert and Broadway stays shut
Home The government changed its slogan from ‘Stay home, protect the NHS, save lives’ to ‘Stay alert, control the virus,…
