remote working

The Conservative case for remote working

3 September 2022 9:00 am

Some years ago, an Australian neurologist was in the habit of walking barefoot across his lawn. This being Australia, the…

Workshy Whitehall: why can’t the PM get his civil servants back to work?

23 April 2022 9:00 am

Too few civil servants are returning to the office

Covid has changed London for the better

2 April 2022 9:00 am

Covid has changed London for the better

The cult of London

13 February 2021 9:00 am

The phrase ‘rich people’s problems’ has its uses. I once overheard a group in a Knightsbridge restaurant sympathising with a…

Our obsession with city living is out of date

30 January 2021 9:00 am

In March last year, the world made an interesting discovery. We found that a high proportion of knowledge-work could be…

Will remote-working strengthen the case for HS2?

16 January 2021 9:00 am

Soon after the pandemic hit, the world’s airlines turned off their pricing algorithms and resumed pricing flights manually. Everything the…

Remote workers of the world, unite!

5 September 2020 9:00 am

A few nights ago on Twitter, I quipped that I was planning to launch a trade union for remote workers.…

Government jobs don’t have to be in the capital

5 September 2020 9:00 am

Home-working shows how many government jobs can be moved out of London

Zoom falling: has the video-call novelty worn off?

29 August 2020 9:00 am

A takeover battle for BT would bring much-needed excitement to the City — as well as a major political row.…

Letters: Will office workers ever want to return?

15 August 2020 9:00 am

The future of offices Sir: I agree with much of Gerard Lyons’s article about the future of the capital (‘London…

Why would anyone want to work from home?

18 July 2020 9:00 am

Why would anyone want to work from home?

Letters: Churches have risen to the challenge of lockdown

27 June 2020 9:00 am

Back to schools Sir: I share Lucy Kellaway’s enthusiasm for seeing school-life return and inequality gaps closed (‘A class apart’,…

Will Covid kill off the office?

20 June 2020 9:00 am

Covid-19 may have changed the way we work for ever

The stupidity of the ‘spare bedroom’

30 May 2020 9:00 am

The Tesla Model 3 is an astounding achievement, but one thing baffles me: why do electric cars lack even the…