Features
The next Isis threat
A warning from the British trader who fought in Syria
Empire states of mind
It is hard to find benign examples of imperialism
Aid and abet
How should the money we send abroad be spent?
Scouts
Police were no match for the Black Lives Matter mob that pulled down a statue of Edward Colston last week…
A class apart
The lockdown is widening the gap between rich and poor pupils
Grass divide
No one has stood up for the lawnless in lockdown
Border line
China is testing the limits of India – and the world
Hinduphobia
The success of British Indians is troubling for some. Why?
Screened out
The pitfalls of wrongthink
Out of office
Covid-19 may have changed the way we work for ever
Lethal force
The truth about America’s police culture
The Field of the Cloth of Gold
This week marked 500 years since the beginning of the two-week festival of jousting, feasting and general splendour that came…
Ashes to ashes
Can Britain’s trees be saved?
Seoul survivors
What’s behind South Korea’s Covid success?
Case history
Boris’s new permanent secretary is a complicated choice for No. 10
Travel sickness
The quarantine debacle could cripple British tourism
A question of tolerance
Our public figures must rediscover the true spirit of liberty
Letter from New York
Last week shattered all my sense of stability and permanence in New York, the city I’ve called home since 2012…
American carnage
Will civil unrest seal Trump’s downfall?
Let them come
It’s time to offer British citizenship – not just visas – to the Hong Kong Chinese
Who cared?
Poorly funded and understaffed, care homes were destined to fail
Coach holidays
Amid all the Covid-19 coverage, it’s hardly surprising that the collapse of a coach-tour operator last week didn’t make too…
A death, live-streamed
The strange experience of my husband’s Skype funeral
Chef’s Notebook
I’d never have thought I’d be good at doing nothing. Or rather walking the dogs, loafing in the sun, trying…
Human league
Of course animals have culture






























