coronavirus
Garden leave
It’s hell when the whole neighbourhood is working from home
Why has coronavirus fled London?
My partner, Julian, hovered at my shoulder on Friday as I tapped out my Times Saturday column (about travel quarantine).…
Poor form
The lower-sixth has so much to lose from lockdown
Has lockdown worked?
Who occupies the post of chief adviser to the prime minister is not generally an issue of great interest to…
The puppy has won
Will the huge surge in demand for puppies and kittens during lockdown lead to a lot of abandoned pets when…
Letters
Disastrous decisions Sir: One cannot but agree wholeheartedly with Lionel Shriver (‘This is not a natural disaster’, 16 May). Given…
Portrait of the week
Home Open-air markets and car showrooms will be allowed to open from 1 June and other ‘non-essential’ shops from 15…
Nothing to applaud
The NHS is letting down thousands of patients
The Spectator’s notes
At Dominic Cummings’s press conference on Monday, reporters tried two lines of attack. One was to behave like local detectives,…
The healing power of kindness
Nobody earns the right to respect just by having lived into old age, whenever that begins — it has happened…
Is living without risk really living at all?
Taking my life in my hands — as we all do when getting out of bed — I walked along…
Trump severs ties with World Health Organization
President Trump is cutting all US funding to the World Health Organization as of Friday afternoon. ‘China has total control…
Can Germany spend its way out of the corona crisis?
Coronavirus is grim news for all major economies and Germany is no exception. The country’s economic output decreased by 2.2…
Did any Americans actually inject disinfectant after Trump suggested it?
There’s been no shortage of outrage from the press during the coronavirus pandemic. One of the more notable meltdowns came…
Japan’s Covid success is a mystery
Japan’s Covid ‘State of Emergency’ is now officially over. Tokyo, the last of Japan’s 47 prefectures to be officially released…
The big debate: is lockdown wrong?
Is lockdown a gargantuan mistake? That’s the view of a growing number of thinkers and critics, including The Spectator’s very…
A short guide to justifying re-lockdown
Fear is gripping the American public health and media establishments: they are losing control. States are belatedly (and far too…
Dominic Cummings has a human shield: Boris Johnson
The rule of modern politics, let’s call it Trump’s first law, is that if you are being attacked for apparently…
What’s more disturbing: Cummings’ behaviour – or the mob pursuing him?
The Dominic Cummings story is deeply disturbing. No, not the fact that Cummings and his wife, Mary Wakefield, took what…
Why Dominic Cummings’ departure may only be a ‘matter of time’
Dominic Cummings’s role in government no longer looks sustainable, as members of the cabinet and Tory MPs turn against him…
X number of days to save the economy!
I wonder what the Labour party will use as its scare slogan at the next election? After all, the usual…
Why aren’t liberals fighting for liberty?
It has become a commonplace among social psychologists that one of the characteristics that unites conservatives is our sensitivity to…
Letters
Save the children Sir: Your leading article is correct that the government should have evaluated the detriment caused by shutting…
Letter from Tanzania
Dar es Salaam The World Health Organisation has drawn up a shortlist of countries it’s most concerned about during the…
Portrait of the Week
Home The United Kingdom seemed reluctant to come out of its lockdown. ‘We are likely to face a severe recession,…
