coronavirus
Monkeys, bats and our national trust
There was always one key flaw in our species. Which is that someone always shags a monkey. I have expressed…
If anything is ‘essential’ right now, it’s cigarettes
The owners of my local grocery shop, a mile or so from my house, very kindly sell me cigarettes in…
Dominic Raab is the constitutional choice, but a complicated one
We have never had a moment like this before in our history: a time when the Prime Minister is, in…
In New York’s hospitals, we need all the help we can get
New York I hear it said now and again that Covid-19 is just a nasty winter bug, nothing more than…
The way Greece has conducted itself in this pandemic is an example to us all
Aristophanes was a comic genius long before the Marx Brothers, but he also gave good advice to the Athenians: stop…
Dear Mary: How can I self-isolate without people bothering me on Zoom?
Q. Caught in Switzerland as the ski resort shut down around my ears, and feeling like a walking health hazard,…
Is Bernie Ecclestone the world’s oldest father?
Game on A few things which are still going on, in spite of coronavirus: — Football in Belarus, where the…
I’m recovering – but I glimpsed the coronavirus cliff edge
So I’ve had the virus. Or rather, I think I have. Ordinary mortals can no longer get tested by the…
Britain needs Boris, the extraordinary man I’ve known for 35 years
The extraordinary man I’ve known for 35 years
Will Coronavirus hasten the demise of religion - or herald its revival?
Whenever Christianity seems all but exhausted, it bursts into life once more
French Hill: Congress should conduct ‘full oversight’ of WHO funding
Rep. French Hill is on board with President Trump’s threat to withhold funding from the World Health Organization because of…
The case for reopening the country now
More and more people, I suspect, are padding about muttering lines from Psalm 13: ‘How long, O Lord,…How long must I…
Boris Johnson moved out of intensive care
The Prime Minister has this evening been moved out of intensive care but remains in hospital. After being moved on…
Coronavirus must not rob us of our liberties forever
The American economist and historian Robert Higgs noted long ago that during the 20th century the various wars, and the…
Covid-19 update: Six coronavirus patients survive after placental cell therapy
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Trump’s safari into the wilderness of the deep state
Grin and bear it. Teddy bears are popping up across America in living room windows as families seek to entertain…
Pompeo: China must be more transparent
While coronavirus ravages the world, a political battle is also being waged with China resisting suggestions that it’s to blame.…
Covid-19 update: Boris ‘in good spirits’ – but still in ICU
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A note to fellow lockdown lethargics
Strange times, these. Dull and unsettling in equal measure. Much of life feels as though it is stuck in some…
Why is Trump being nice to China again?
China hawks watched with hope when Trump ascended to the presidency in 2016. He spoke on the campaign trail of…
Prime Minister taken into intensive care
In the past few minutes, Downing Street has announced that Boris Johnson is now in intensive care at St Thomas’…
Beware the COVID-19 nannies!
COVID-19 has suddenly made much of the western public health establishment effectively redundant. Unused to dealing with infectious disease, we…
What happens if Trump gets the coronavirus?
The White House has announced that everyone coming into range of President Trump will be tested for COVID-19. Trump, meanwhile,…
What will a coronavirus 'exit strategy' look like?
At the daily press briefings of senior ministers, the medical and the scientific advisers, there is a reluctance to talk…
The problem is a lot bigger than Trump
It’s incredibly easy to blame President Trump for the coronavirus hell we’re all living in. The president doesn’t help himself…
