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French pressed
Coronavirus is taking Macron’s government to breaking point
Comedian’s Notebook
‘Cancelled’ is quite a buzzword of our times, isn’t it? Up until about ten days ago, it referred mainly to…
All hail the Queen
It’s hard being a historical novelist in the age of Hilary Mantel
Pub lockdowns
Pubs are fascinating at the moment. On the day that the Prime Minister advised us not to attend them, I…
The final countdown
Lisa Nandy on Brexit, Boris and the long race for the Labour leadership
The two gentlemen of corona
Boris Johnson’s medical wingmen
Like nothing we’ve known
I had believed this kind of infectious pandemic could not happen today
Crude tactics
Russia and Saudi Arabia have chosen this moment to go to war over oil prices
Free enterprise
Could freeports help ‘level up’ the north?
Blind wine-tasting
The cellar room is almost silent save for the sound of slurping and spitting and the odd gentle sigh. One…
Life in lockdown
Italy is being consumed by panic
Back to basics
How British science can flourish after Brexit
Two kinds of crazy
Sanity no longer seems a useful quality in US presidential candidates
How worried should we be?
Coronavirus may be more widespread than we think – and less deadly
Fracking fears
America is caught in the crossfire
A Rabbi’s Notebook
Last Monday night and Tuesday were our Jewish festival of Purim, when we recall the events described in the Book…
Italian Notebook
During times of contagion, you begin to understand why fascist salutes were once so popular. The foot-tap is replacing the…
Galway
I was still digesting my delicious breakfast (kippers, poached eggs and soda bread — all local) when the sad news…
The greener gender
Eco-friendly is not woman-friendly
Planet corona
Does coronavirus mark a turning point in the history of hyper-globalisation?
Open book
If you want children to love reading, don’t tell them what to read
It’s not all bad news
Even a deadly pandemic has its positives
The original Teesside Tory
What can Ben Houchen teach Johnson’s Conservatives?
Joe’s Super Thursday
Biden’s campaign is back from the dead
Le crunch
Two irreconcilable versions of Brexit are about to collide
