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His mother’s son
The echoes of Diana in Prince Harry
Eton mess
On being sacked from the College
Sharp left
The Democrats have taken control of America
‘We’re going to have a great summer’
Matt Hancock on vaccines, lockdowns and the case for optimism
A race against time
Can the vaccine outpace the virus?
Hot shots
Why mRNA vaccines could revolutionise medicine
Why we left
There was nothing peculiarly British about Brexit
Matters of fact
What is truth? You can speak of moral truths and aesthetic truths but I’m not concerned with those here, important…
I Live Here Now
A short story. Illustrated by Carolyn Gowdy
Theresa May’s festive cake
This recipe was given to me years ago by an old friend — hence the imperial measurements — and I…
The Red Hand Files
Two years ago, the songwriter Nick Cave told his fans that he’d speak to them directly — not through an…
The magic money myth
There’s nothing new about ‘new monetary theory’
Perfect presence
Finding hope in a year like no other
Ghosts of Christmas past
Seances, trikes and the miracle of tinfoil
Supernatural power
The triumph of Korean cinema
Discomfort and joy
The anxieties that long ago shadowed Christmas are back
‘People confuse sadness with darkness’
An interview with the American novelist Mary Gaitskill
A singular mind
Roger Penrose on his Nobel Prize, the beauty of physics – and why AI is nothing to fear
The nuclear option
I love Suffolk. This Christmas I will be there with my family and we’ll almost certainly walk up the coast,…
‘We won’t have zero Covid’
A scientific debate about the virus
Frankincense and myrrh
‘And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down,…
Balancing act
Chancellor Rishi Sunak on austerity, hill farming and celebrating Christmas as a Hindu
Afore ye go again
Could it really be 40 years since one was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature? Borne up…
Bride’s Notebook
I had a lockdown wedding. A 30-person, socially-distanced, sanitised church service was organised in under two weeks. Restrictions meant no…
Actress’s Notebook
To say that the past nine months have been tough is like saying a hurricane felt like a spring shower.…
