09/03/2020 - 4:37pm

Tyler Cowen on herd mentality and herd immunity Freddie Sayers speaks to the influential US thinker about Covid-19, the media and Trump

Spare me the outrage of the sex trade apologists Don't blame Bella Thorne for succeeding in an industry that we enable

Sharia law is a threat to women everywhere As the case of Afsana Lachaux's shows, its reach extends far beyond the Middle East

Wednesday, September 2

I used to be a ‘Right-wing comic’ — here’s what the BBC doesn’t get Conservative comedians exist in abundance, but only a few talk about politics

Did we (literally) talk ourselves into a pandemic? Evidence shows that silence reduces the spread of Covid-19... so which countries are the loudest?

Tuesday, September 1

America’s culture war is turning into a petty squabble And invariably, the English-speaking world gets sucked into it

Mary Harrington

Johan Giesecke gets new role at WHO The Swedish epidemiologist has been handed a more senior position

Monday, August 31

There’s more to foreign news than US politics Something the UK media seems to forget...

Friday, August 28

Prof Michael Levitt: here’s what I got wrong The Nobel Prize winner returns to LockdownTV to discuss his predictions

US riots are eerily reminiscent of the Troubles Once again, a liberal democracy descends into bitter civil conflict

Thursday, August 27

A lesson in statistics… for the FDA Even numerate people make mistakes — and mislead without meaning to

Don’t educate litter louts, shame them! People should fear the consequences of disrespectful behaviour

The quiet heroism of refusing to raise a fist Standing up to the mob is never easy, and we should commend those who do it

Wednesday, August 26

Sorry AOC, there’s more to feminism than lipstick Let's not overstretch the meaning of a skincare routine...

Outside religion, who’s talking about forgiveness? The case of Janna Ezat reminds us of its power

Elizabeth Oldfield

Britain: A tale of two retail giants This country must look to its Ocado future — and leave behind it's M&S past

Tuesday, August 25

Yet another feminist burned at the stake Sasha White's crime? Transphobia, of course

In defence of the garden fence The things we value most flourish behind borders

Monday, August 24

A major Covid milestone that you won’t find on the BBC On 19th August there were zero reported Covid deaths — why is this not front page news?

Don’t cancel Rule Britannia… Tweak it Change a few lyrics, but don't let the cultural mavens remove patriotism altogether

Mary Harrington

Friday, August 21

Why the ‘BAME’ term has outlived its purpose Some of the sharpest social tensions are between ethnic and religious minorities

Sailing into a low-tech future A vision of a slower, more considered post-Covid world

Thursday, August 20

Why is Netflix sexing up ‘Cuties’? It is a symptom of a much wider problem in our culture

Let the 2020 meme wars commence The President has joined TikTok rival Triller, but to what end?

Wednesday, August 19

Jeremy Farrar is right: axing Public Health England is foolish When the director of the Wellcome Trust speaks out, people should listen

Finally! A religious story that is not about escape 'Inside the Bruderhof' inverts a clichéd liberal trope about breaking free

Mary Harrington

Tuesday, August 18

Trump the modern-day Nero? That’s rather unfair… to Nero The emperor was a showman but he didn't 'fiddle while Rome burned'

On pornography, Russell Brand is right The commodification of sex should never be celebrated

Monday, August 17

Un-herding the animals of Animal Farm What do the ducks, hens and geese tell us about Orwell's classic?

Friday, August 14

The real winners of the Israel-UAE deal It might be a historic agreement, but it's worth noting who truly benefits

James Bloodworth

The suburban joy of keeping chickens Is this a taste of the post-Covid utopia?

Exposing the fake God James Alison writes theology as if his life depended upon it