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Travel sick
The great holiday Covid test rip-off
Letter from America
There are many in Donald Trump’s inner circle who have tried to read his mind these past four years, together…
Avocets
There are many reasons why birds disappear — and why they return. The avocet, however, is probably the only one…
American nightmare
Why would anyone move to the US?
Liberté, égalité, vacciné
France’s revolt against Covid passports is just beginning
In defence of net zero
Ending emissions will cost less than tackling Covid
Zero-sum game
Why the government won’t talk about the real costs of decarbonisation
Aquariums
Fish tanks were probably first conceived in the distant past by the Chinese, but in many respects, aquariums are a…
‘I’m plagued by worries of disaster’
Dominic Cummings on asteroids, AI and leaving No. 10
That’s amoral
Italy’s Covid certificate is dividing the country
The new pirates
Ransomware attacks are a threat to us all
Phishing trip
I was held to ransom by hackers
Have we herd?
Covid is meeting a wall of immunity
Compound failure
What we got wrong in Afghanistan
Writer’s notebook
When, three years ago, I announced my retirement from writing fiction, the only thing that surprised me was the surprise…
Lost cause
Being a good Samaritan is harder than it seems
Bidets
In December 2019, and in keeping with our tradition of perverse birthday gifts, some friends gave me a bidet device.…
Fit of the vapours
The WHO’s fervent campaign against e-cigarettes
All the rage
Why have we become so quick to anger?
Letter from South Africa
Sixty-eight years ago, when I was four, my Scottish father and English mother took me from London to South Africa,…
Turning the tide
How Britain can stem the stream of illegal arrivals
Power struggle
The troubling truth about Britain’s nuclear deal with China
The alpha migrants
They’re bright, brave – and could help solve our labour crisis
Serial offenders
Modern soap operas have lost the plot
Gosforth Cross
In the small Cumbrian village of Gosforth, in the graveyard of St Mary’s Church, there is a sandstone cross which…
