coronavirus
Only the worst will survive
What does a critic do when her genre collapses? Mostly I panic. I speak to restaurateurs who believe that without…
This is Royal Mail’s chance to appoint a boss fit for the new age
The Royal Mail worker who rang my bell to deliver an Amazon package on Friday was wearing a glittery ball…
Are you a lockdown eel or a pygmy goat?
I identify strongly with the garden eels in the Tokyo aquarium. Pre-corona, they were perfectly sociable. Come opening hour, when…
When actions speak louder than words
For all the abuse heaped on the Behavioural Insights Team early in the crisis, let’s not forget that the only…
The dream is over
It started when, the day after the announcement of some lockdown easing, I drove five miles along the coast road.…
Cracking ideas
Understanding immunity to Covid-19 is like trying to decode Enigma
Contagious behaviour
What if the virus had started somewhere other than China?
The lock of love
Being stuck at home will make our relationships stronger
In defence of free markets in the time of coronavirus
One of the dominant political themes of the moment is that the big state, alongside either a high tax and…
Trump’s hydroxychloroquine kick is a billionaire quirk
Though it is yet to enjoy the endorsement of the UN, or the approval of the Supreme Court, the greatest…
Boycotting China is not that easy
China’s various human rights abuses, their treatment of women, their savagery toward religious people and their chokehold on Taiwan and…
California spreads the wealth…to illegal immigrants
California is mastering government of the people, by the people, for…illegal aliens? Starting this week, illegal immigrants living in California…
Trump picks a Swedish model
Donald Trump is moving toward a Swedish model. His vitality sustained by regular doses of hydroxychloroquine, President Prophylaxis is pushing…
Where is Britain’s China strategy?
The UK doesn’t have a China strategy. We have not had one since George Osborne declared a ‘golden era’ of…
Boris Johnson needs to admit his coronavirus mistakes
Be careful what you wish for. Over the past few years, a fair number of thoughtful Tories have included a…
Stimulus squabble marks a return to politics as usual
Who is the proposed new $3 trillion stimulus package designed to help? If enacted, the bill — which narrowly passed…
Do the experts believe in the R number?
The R-number has been declared the most important metric in monitoring Covid in Britain. For young children to return to school…
My positive antibody test is an ‘immunity passport’ in all but name
I wouldn’t say I felt I had joined a master race when my coronavirus ‘immunity passport’ arrived this week. But…
Covid’s knock-on effect on child deaths
The daily death toll has been a constant backdrop to the Covid-19 crisis. Would we ever have entered lockdown, would…
Low life
France is divided into a red zone and a green zone. We’re green. Green for go. From this morning we…
Lockdown may kill me
I have a new job, which is maintaining a website called Lockdown Sceptics (lockdownsceptics.org). It’s a compendium of evidence that…
Dear Mary
Q. For me the hallmark of a really close friend is someone with whom you feel comfortable enough to bring…
Letters
Jobs for all Sir: Charles Bazlington championed Universal Basic Income in last week’s magazine (Letters, 9 May). It is welcome…
Author’s notebook
To my surprise, what I miss most about life before the lockdown are parties. As others pine for restaurants and…
Have you caught the remote-working bug?
One of the few benefits to emerge from this pandemic is that the world’s population has been given a crash…
