Month: May 2020

Total Results: 78

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

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

Thursday

07.05

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

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

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

Wednesday

06.05

Morrissey: lunatic seer of the modern world Immigration, wet markets, the plight of the working class: he's always ahead of the curve

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

Michael Liebreich

What if Trump loses the election? In claiming that he won't go quietly, the Democrats are playing right into the President's hands

Tuesday

05.05

Covid is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity We need an A-team to heal our economy. And please, no more austerity

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

Is the lockdown doing more harm than good? Yes, coronavirus can be deadly, but trapping us in our homes is also costly to lives and livelihoods

Monday

04.05

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