April 30, 2020

How China is exploiting pandemic panic Beijing is fighting to suppress a Covid-19 investigation — and to dominate the post-virus global order

Ian Birrell

30.04

Why coronavirus is a laughing matter Comedy transforms fear into something that can't overwhelm us

Giles Fraser

29.04

Pity the out-of-work influencers Don't mock their empty and decadent jobs: the Instagrammers were only trying to forge a new path

James Bloodworth

28.04

When will we get the Covid-19 vaccine? By the time the jab arrives, we might not even need it

Tom Chivers

28.04

‘How to end lockdown’ is the only story in town 'Stay as we are' doesn't cut it: contrarians and news editors always need something fresh to say

Sam Leith

28.04

Factory learning is crushing our kids Lockdown is an opportunity to learn that leisure is not the enemy of education

Roy Peachey

27.04

Has Boris had a sickbed conversion? Brushes with mortality can dramatically change political leaders — and not always for the better

Tom Holland

27.04

Which epidemiologist do you believe? The debate about lockdown is not a contest between good and evil

Freddie Sayers

24.04

Didier Raoult: the man whose Covid ‘cure’ went viral Is the French microbiologist a scientific superhero, or medical charlatan?

John Lichfield

24.04

Short stories for short attention spans John Gray, Polly Mackenzie, Tom Holland and other writers recommend succinct reading to suit our strange reality

Various Contributors

23.04

Why the English sacrificed liberty for lockdown Amid Covid-19, this country has happily abandoned the freedom from which America was born

James Kirkup

22.04

Britain doesn’t care about social care The Covid crisis has exposed how little our society values its most vulnerable

Ian Birrell