coronavirus
Britain’s mental health problem
Experts tell us that we are facing a mental health ‘time bomb’ in the UK, partly as a consequence of…
A stitch in time
What to include in a memory box of the plague year?
China envy
From spending to lockdown, the West is copying Beijing
Portrait of the week
Home ‘I think we have got a good chance of being able to dispense with the one-metre-plus from 21 June,’…
Data, not dates
A slogan can come back to haunt you. For Boris Johnson, the words ‘data not dates’ sounded powerful at a…
Trail of tears
Why India is reluctant to lock down again
Does the UK’s ‘green list’ for travel make sense?
International travel is back on the menu, in theory. From 17 May the ‘stay in the UK’ restrictions are lifting…
The ‘Covid deaths’ which are not caused by Covid
Registered Covid deaths fell to just one on Monday, leading many to comment that the epidemic in Britain is effectively…
Why we should worry about the post-Covid exodus of older workers
Concerns around unemployment during the pandemic have, understandably, been focused on younger people. Last year it was under-24 year olds…
India’s Covid crisis
We’re running out of beds, oxygen, medicines – and hope
A game of patients
As Covid retreats, the malingerers are making a comeback
Let me out
Has it ever been more difficult to plan a family holiday? At the time of writing, it is illegal to…
Portrait of the week
Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, announced the hunt was on for two effective pills to treat Covid, to be…
Diary
I have just had my second jab and it poses a dilemma. As an assiduous Covid rule-taker, I have been…
Barometer
Falling from grace Six Premier League football clubs had announced their intention to join a European Super League, from which…
Portrait of the week
Home The Duke of Edinburgh, who was married to the Queen for 73 years, died at Windsor Castle, aged 99.…
Diary
The files arrived marked ‘STRICT EMBARGO’ and ‘CONFIDENTIAL’ and ‘FORTH BRIDGE REVISED’ and stamped with various crests and insignia. My…
A certifiable plan
As I’ve written before, the thing I’ve missed the most in the past 12 months is going to see QPR…
Home affront
What we can learn from Britain’s rationing mistakes
Russian count
Putin’s hidden Covid deaths
Can Boris beat the vaccine passport rebels?
No prime minister wants to be dependent on the opposition to get the government’s business through the House of Commons.…
Heat of the moment
Can we escape the cult of cosiness?
Portrait of the week
Home The government sketched a scheme for a coronavirus passport, or ‘Covid status certification’, to be tried out at the…
Roadmap to nowhere
Britain’s vaccine success was supposed to lead to freedom. What happened?
Barometer
Positive thinking The government wants us to test ourselves for Covid-19 twice a week, using lateral flow kits which will…
