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In this time of modern contagion, I find myself turning to ancient prayers

11 April 2020 9:00 am

Ancient Celtic blessings have modern relevance

Britain needs Boris, the extraordinary man I’ve known for 35 years

11 April 2020 9:00 am

The extraordinary man I’ve known for 35 years

Will Coronavirus hasten the demise of religion - or herald its revival?

11 April 2020 9:00 am

Whenever Christianity seems all but exhausted, it bursts into life once more

A first for Christendom: Holy Week without church

4 April 2020 9:00 am

Isolation has always been part of the Holy Week story

How will the world be changed by the war against coronavirus?

4 April 2020 9:00 am

What will post-coronavirus economies and societies look like?

No lockdown, please, we’re Swedish

4 April 2020 9:00 am

There’s no lockdown in sight here

Revealed: Extinction Rebellion’s plan to exploit the Covid crisis

4 April 2020 9:00 am

Extinction Rebellion sees coronavirus as an ‘opportunity’

My polar journey puts coronavirus isolation into perspective

4 April 2020 9:00 am

I arrived on Novolazarevskaya base on the northern coast of Antarctica in a Russian plane, flown by an ex-USSR air…

The oddest thing people are stockpiling? Hens

4 April 2020 9:00 am

Is there nothing people won’t panic-buy during this crisis? Having stripped shelves of food and toilet roll, shoppers are now…

Coronomics: Ordinary remedies won’t be enough for a surreal crash

4 April 2020 9:00 am

The crash is surreal – and ordinary remedies won’t be enough

My quest for a universal cartoon

28 March 2020 9:00 am

The universal cartoon is a rare thing

The Cornish revolt against second-home owners

28 March 2020 9:00 am

Second-home owners are not welcome in times of pandemic

How to work from home (according to Churchill, Einstein and Napoleon)

28 March 2020 9:00 am

Working from home has been on the rise for years. No one expected the latest surge to happen in the…

On the NHS front line, we’re braced for what’s coming

28 March 2020 9:00 am

The fight against coronavirus has only just begun

The curious age discrimination of coronavirus

28 March 2020 9:00 am

Why does coronavirus affect the generations differently?

The evidence on Covid-19 is not as clear as we think

28 March 2020 9:00 am

There is still plenty we don’t understand about the virus

Isolation forces us to work out what really matters

28 March 2020 9:00 am

In tough times, people often discover their dauntlessness

In Italy, the novelty of house arrest has worn off

21 March 2020 9:00 am

Life has been turned upside down

Coronavirus is pushing Macron’s government to breaking point

21 March 2020 9:00 am

Coronavirus is taking Macron’s government to breaking point

David Baddiel: I’ve been cancelled - for real

21 March 2020 9:00 am

‘Cancelled’ is quite a buzzword of our times, isn’t it? Up until about ten days ago, it referred mainly to…

The agony of reading Hilary Mantel

21 March 2020 9:00 am

It’s hard being a historical novelist in the age of Hilary Mantel

We’ve been told not to go to pubs – so why are they full?

21 March 2020 9:00 am

Pubs are fascinating at the moment. On the day that the Prime Minister advised us not to attend them, I…

Brexit, Boris and the battle to be Labour leader: Lisa Nandy interviewed

21 March 2020 9:00 am

Lisa Nandy on Brexit, Boris and the long race for the Labour leadership

Two gentlemen of corona: the scientists helping to fight Covid-19

21 March 2020 9:00 am

Boris Johnson’s medical wingmen