Month: November 2020

Total Results: 87


What London was like: The Rake's Progress, Hogarth (1697-1764). Credit: DeAgostini/Getty
13 Nov 2020 - 12:00am

London has never been civil We need a modern-day Alexander Pope: a writer who dreams of order, not chaos

Mary Harrington

Thursday, 12 November

12.11

How to resist the new totalitarianism Those who fled Communist regimes for the West are hearing terrifying echoes from the past

Niall Gooch

12.11

Has America changed its mind about drugs? A series of ballots across the US indicates a shift in attitude towards decriminalisation

Ian Birrell

12.11

Theatre could stage a comeback Without a wave of creative destruction, the hidebound industry will become irrelevant

Sarah Ditum

12.11

Aileen Wuornos was no monster Why do we continue to sensationalise this tormented woman's desperate life?

Julie Bindel

Wednesday, 11 November

11.11

QAnon is indestructible The prophecy can fail, but its believers aren't going anywhere

Gavin Haynes

11.11

The Tories against democracy During the last Depression a group of Conservatives seriously considered dictatorship

Aris Roussinos

11.11

Why the poor eat poorly The Government has U-turned on free school meals. But moralising about people's diets won't help

James Bloodworth

11.11

Why bother having babies? There's a reason rising childlessness is affecting only one section of Western society

Louise Perry

Tuesday, 10 November

10.11

Yes, the vaccine is really on its way It looks like the Pfizer breakthrough is the real deal

Tom Chivers

10.11

Will Covid kill our toxic work addiction? Surely our ludicrous work-till-you-drop culture can't survive the pandemic

Polly Mackenzie

10.11

How to destroy democracy It's not just Trump: the Democrats also have form when it comes to questioning an election's legitimacy

Paul Collier