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‘Social distance shaming’ is getting nasty
Rudeness is spreading like a virus
What’s the point of boxing?
Why do we box?
Can Putin survive the coronavirus stress test?
Coronavirus is a double whammy for his regime
Could the lockdown have side-effects no one has considered?
Is the lockdown causing more harm than good?
Spot the thing you can't do under lockdown
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How Graham Greene earned The Spectator a place in cinematic history
How Graham Greene earned The Spectator a place in cinematic history
I hate joggers more than ever
Empathy and kindness in these difficult times come more easily to some than others, but I’m trying. I had heart…
Gone for a song: A short story
A short story
Salman Rushdie: ‘The implausible has become everyday’
Salman Rushdie on writing in the Age of Anything-Can-Happen
The Spectator’s love affair with satire
The Spectator’s love affair with satire
Virus deaths may not be the greatest challenge ahead for Africa
Virus deaths may not be the greatest challenge ahead
Sugared with wit: How ‘Mr Spectator’ came to life
Writing for ‘Mr Spectator’
Ad infinitum: 200 years of Spectator adverts show how little changes
200 years of Spectator adverts show how little changes
Could the Covid crisis be an economic opportunity for Brexit Britain?
Could the Covid crisis be an economic opportunity for Brexit Britain?
Spectator writers in lockdown – by the people stuck with them
By the people stuck with them
Spectator covers that almost were
Sometimes The Spectator goes to press very shortly after election results have been announced. In those instances, Morten Morland, our…
The contenders – and challenges – in the race to cure Covid
The contenders in the race to cure Covid
Boris’s difficult decision: When should lockdown be lifted?
When should the lockdown be lifted?
Why beards of convenience are a bad idea
Viewers of the BBC News channel, now that Zoom shows talking heads in their own homes, want before anything to…
Is this the end of the wine bottle?
Picture the world before the invention of the bottle: if you wanted a nice glass of claret at home, you’d…
The lie of the land: we’re not all in this together
We’re not all in this together
Faith, hope and charity: how I survived coronavirus
I write this on Easter Sunday, sitting comfortably at home, recovering from my brush with Covid-19. I was hospitalised for…
Domestic abuse sufferers are the hidden victims of lockdown
Domestic abuse sufferers are the hidden victims of lockdown
Corona wars: It’s Trump vs Xi
Who will win?
Bill Bryson: It’s impossible to be sick of England
Bill Bryson on writing, loss and the wonders of the human body
