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Sugared with wit
Writing for ‘Mr Spectator’
Ad infinitum
200 years of Spectator adverts show how little changes
The shape of the future
Could the Covid crisis be an economic opportunity for Brexit Britain?
Spectator writers in lockdown
By the people stuck with them
Covers that almost were
Sometimes The Spectator goes to press very shortly after election results have been announced. In those instances, Morten Morland, our…
Chemical weapons
The contenders in the race to cure Covid
Boris’s difficult decision
When should the lockdown be lifted?
Beards
Viewers of the BBC News channel, now that Zoom shows talking heads in their own homes, want before anything to…
Boxed wine
Picture the world before the invention of the bottle: if you wanted a nice glass of claret at home, you’d…
Lie of the land
We’re not all in this together
Survivor’s notebook
I write this on Easter Sunday, sitting comfortably at home, recovering from my brush with Covid-19. I was hospitalised for…
Behind closed doors
Domestic abuse sufferers are the hidden victims of lockdown
Corona wars
Who will win?
Under his skin
Bill Bryson on writing, loss and the wonders of the human body
Climbing the walls
How to scale a mountain without leaving home
High demand
It’s business as usual for drug traffickers
Walking around the garden
What’s the best way to keep in shape during the lockdown? That’s the First World problem I’ve been using to…
Doctor’s notebook
New York I hear it said now and again that Covid-19 is just a nasty winter bug, nothing more than…
Staying power
Can liberalism survive coronavirus?
Laughing matters
The importance of gallows humour
Manchester, united
Andy Burnham on challenging the government, social distancing and how his city copes in a crisis
Common prayers
Ancient Celtic blessings have modern relevance
Britain needs you, Boris
The extraordinary man I’ve known for 35 years
Risen again
Whenever Christianity seems all but exhausted, it bursts into life once more
Cross purpose
Isolation has always been part of the Holy Week story
