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The missing leader
Boris Johnson needs to find his purpose again
Bag drop
How I gave up an unnecessary habit
Scandi noir
Sweden’s crime problem is out of control
Show stopper
It’s been an awful year for village fairs
Dragon’s Din
Why do schools want to erase the past?
Handshakes
The government wants us back in the office — catching trains, buying sandwiches and actually seeing colleagues and clients rather…
Power booster
The race for a Covid vaccine is about much more than finding a cure
A Priti state
We don’t need more laws – just better policing
Cull the gulls
Don’t protect seagulls
Stubbed out
Virtual tickets just aren’t the same
The Islamic Enlightenment
Bassam Tibi’s 40-year fight against fundamentalism
Thailand’s Caligula
Why are protestors risking it all to challenge the king?
Bread
I cannot claim the gift of prophecy, but early this year — before lockdown panic-buying and the warnings of a…
La petite mort
The oldest churchyard in Torquay is being used by people openly having sex and sunbathing nude in broad daylight. This…
Journey of faith
Pilgrimage in the age of pandemic
Bad apple
As New Yorkers flee, the suburbs are under siege
Downside’s downfall
The dissolution of a monastery
Tennis racket
How grunting helps players win
The Covid trap
Will we ever go back to how we were?
The invisible men
Home-working shows how many government jobs can be moved out of London
Rush jab
Fast-tracking vaccines can be disastrous – even if they work
Floral masks
Now that we must all wear face masks, it is hardly surprising that they have started to become a fashion…
Commuter says yes
My train journey to work is bliss
Sink or swim
Is China’s virus strategy paying off?
Med alert
Greece and Turkey are in a battle for hegemony
