Covid, climate and the corruption of science and policy
(Part 2 of my look at similarities between Covid and climate scepticism)
Sheer erotic pulsation
Anyone whose extreme youth was graced by the experience of watching the Nederlands Dans Theater is liable to be astonished…
Aussie life
I have a confession to make. Despite voting for an Australian Republic in 1999, and despite making an ad arguing…
The invention of communism
Nostalgia wars are all the rage at the moment, but an extraordinary example appears to have been missed: a hammer…
Friends reunited
All My Friends Hate Me is a film about a university reunion weekend and should you have an upcoming university…
Beach huts
Despite claims the property market is on the brink of a crash, one niche seems recession-proof: beach huts, barely bigger…
Portrait of the week
Home Boris Johnson won a vote of confidence in him as prime minister among Conservative MPs by 211 votes to…
Send in the army
When Conservative prime ministers face a problem of logistics – from ambulance-driver shortages to border-force failures – there is a…
Letters
Saving general practice Sir: Regarding J. Meirion Thomas’s article (‘Medical emergency’, 4 June), traditional general practice continues to thrive in…
Who dares ask how far Brexit is to blame for UK inflation?
After the Jubilee dream of a lovely lost Britain, back to reality with a face-slap: the reality of the £8…
The real deal
One of the biggest talking points in pop these past couple of years has been how successful old musicians have…
A lethal disdain for the poor
Dictating to the Estate is a piece of community theatre that explains why Grenfell Tower went up in flames on…
Scotch eggs
One of the perils of being a recipe writer is that people regularly ask me why I bother making things…
Solution to 2556: Recent origins
The unclued entries give the origins of elements 110-118 now named Darmstadtium, Roentgenium, Copernicium, Nihonium, Flerovium, Moscovium, Livermorium, Tennessine and…
On the offensive
Just how edgy and dangerous is Ricky Gervais? There is no one more edgy and dangerous, we learn from no…
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Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, ‘El Ajedrecista’, died in prison in the United States on 31 May. The Colombian drug lord, a…
