May 19, 2020

Lockdown won’t end the war on drugs Covid-19 is nothing more than a temporary inconvenience for the global drug trade

Antony Loewenstein

18.05

Covid has left me alone with my monster I go to AA to find other creatures like me. Zoom meetings lack that animal warmth

Tanya Gold

15.05

The danger of safetyism Grasping bureaucracies are using lockdown as an excuse to choke the human spirit

Matthew Crawford

15.05

Lockdown ‘relaxation’ is nothing of the sort Boris's latest regulations tighten restrictions rather than loosening them

Adam King

14.05

How travel narrows the mind Instead of mourning cheap flights, we should celebrate the opportunity to simply stay put

Giles Fraser

12.05

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

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

08.05

Pity the lustful in lockdown Persistent thoughts of death lead to insistent thoughts of sex — just look at Neil Ferguson

Rowan Pelling

07.05

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

Lucy Parr

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

22.04

Lockdown is just a holiday from modernity This may look like the beginning of a seismic change in society — but don't be fooled

Niall Gooch

22.04

What’s the world’s greatest spectator sport? <i>University Challenge</i> is a truer test of character than kicking a football round a field

Simon Evans