Month: December 2020

Total Results: 98

December 21, 2020

How dangerous is the Covid mutation? The new strain is more contagious — but not necessarily deadlier

Boris can survive a cancelled Christmas Many voters are still giving their shambolic PM the benefit of the doubt

Make way for the first female President Capable, ambitious and better-liked than her father — Ivanka Trump might just inherit the nation

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

Matthew Crawford

Why does the literary world mistrust success? F. Scott Fitzgerald died thinking he was a failure; that is part of his appeal

Friday

18.12

British centrists’ deluded worship of Germany For a certain type of UK commentator, Angela Merkel's leadership has become a fantasy

Stop planting more trees! What's often seen as an environmental silver bullet could be disastrous, for humans and wildlife alike

John Lewis-Stempel

The Moroccan deal with Israel fills me with joy Fundamentalism can be fought through the kingdom's religious diversity

How bad is it for Boris? The failures of Thatcher, Cameron and Major provide lessons for the PM

Thursday

17.12

How a one-man protest in Tunisia led to Brexit The past decade's events show the impossibility of political predictions

Parenting should be tyrannical Mollycoddling a child is far more abusive than asserting authority

Mary Harrington

Hope rises from the rubble of my church This ancient parish stands firm as the demolition diggers move in