January 6, 2021

Inside the Covid ward All of our patients who die, do so alone. There is nobody to hold their hand. Nobody to comfort them

Jane Smith

06.01

Amid Covid crisis we can’t wait for perfect data With so many people dying each day, we must make fast decisions as best we can

Tom Chivers

04.01

Why 2021 will be a false dawn Champagne may flow again, but Britain's divisions will only deepen

James Kirkup

31.12

2020: the year the elites failed upwards After months of repeated errors and deceptions, experts and institutions are more powerful than ever

Jacob Siegel

31.12

Liberals rarely defend liberalism The woke threat to liberty is not a fringe issue — and people with mainstream opinions are in the firing line

Peter Franklin

28.12

How random are your politics? Vexed: James Mumford suggests we should reject package-deal politics

Louise Perry

28.12

Did anyone predict coronavirus? Hindsight makes it easy to blame the Government for listening to the wrong people, not the right ones

Tom Chivers

24.12

How will you remember this year? Good Grief: Embracing Life At A Time of Death: Two grieving wives share their experience of loss

Polly Mackenzie

23.12

Libertarianism never ends well A Libertarian Walks Into A Bear: An experiment in living without restrictions couldn't survive some hungry bears

Mary Harrington

21.12

How dangerous is the Covid mutation? The new strain is more contagious — but not necessarily deadlier

Tom Chivers

16.12

How the Black Blocs seized French streets A new wave of anarchist violence is threatening the country

John Lichfield

15.12

It’s not our job to protect the NHS In limiting our lives for the health service, we've set a bleak precedent

Timandra Harkness