May 27, 2020

Why the Zoom gloom has set in Meaningful social connection requires eye contact, handshakes and hugs

Mia Levitin

26.05

Do any Covid-19 ‘cures’ actually work? There has been a huge increase in scientific papers aimed at a desperate public — and many of them are garbage

Tom Chivers

22.05

Generation corona has been handed a life sentence The class of 2020 could see their dreams dashed and their skills dwindle

Will Tanner

21.05

Sunetra Gupta: Covid-19 is on the way out The author of the Oxford model defends her view that the virus has passed through the UK's population

Freddie Sayers

21.05

When Asterix took on Covid-19 He's more than France's favourite cartoon character: he's an icon of Gaullish cussedness

John Lewis-Stempel

20.05

Our National Security Council is a joke It identified a pandemic as a serious risk to the country — and then didn't act on it

Tom Swarbrick

20.05

Can university survive Covid-19? Academics have long argued that the computer can never replace the classroom

Gerard DeGroot

20.05

Parents don’t want tips from the childless Confinement magnifies all the downsides of raising children, and it's driving us to despair

Sarah Ditum

19.05

Is it safe to reopen schools? Half of parents are so scared they won't send their children back, but keeping them at home is risky too

Tom Chivers

19.05

Up the workers: how Covid reset society’s values After decades of disdain for working people, their worth has risen rapidly. Will we back up our words with action?

Jenny McCartney

18.05

Eurovision 2020: and the bland played on In the face of Covid-19, its message of peace and love sounds hollow

Gareth Roberts

18.05

How Texas is coping with the end of lockdown There is no nuance: you are either a heartless death-spreader or a virtuous stay-at-home mask-wearer

Daniel Kalder