May 12, 2020

We should be very wary of the R value A rise in the Covid-19 infection rate actually means that lockdown is working

Tom Chivers

12.05

Why are minorities so hard hit by Covid-19? A combination of social conditions and health factors has turned coronavirus into a disaster for black and Asian Britons

Saloni Dattani

11.05

Will Covid spell the end of city life? Small towns are an increasingly attractive alternative to unsustainable urban centres

Barney Norris

08.05

Not every death is a tragedy We object to to the 'herd immunity' policy because we like to pretend everyone can live forever

Mary Harrington

07.05

Why doesn’t my son matter? As lockdown struck, my apparently worthless child was abandoned by the Government

Lucy Parr

07.05

Zoom takes away a piece of our souls Video conferencing is a wonderful lifeline. But it's also subtly dehumanising

Giles Fraser

07.05

It’s worth taking a risk over Covid-19 The language of fear is counterproductive: let's have a grown-up debate about safety

Timandra Harkness

06.05

Will we ever take the Tube again? The pandemic has devastated public transport. Here's how cities could get moving

Michael Liebreich

05.05

Has coronavirus defeated our armed forces? Putin has abandoned a Victory Day parade and Nato's Spring exercise is kaput

Mary Dejevsky

04.05

Stop shaming tax avoiders Imagine if we named new hospitals after the biggest individual taxpayers in Britain

James Kirkup

04.05

Covid-19 is hardening our borders The pandemic has brought out tribalism in even the most liberal societies

Tim Marshall

01.05

Covid-19 can’t spoil America’s appetite The US has always been more concerned about its meat than the people who process it

Gerard DeGroot