22 Dec 2020 - 12:00am

The inconvenient truth about transwomen Self-identification puts women, children — and trans people themselves — at risk

Debbie Hayton

21.12

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

Tom Chivers

21.12

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

James Kirkup

21.12

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

Kat Rosenfield

21.12

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

Matthew Crawford

21.12

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

John Self

18.12

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

Aris Roussinos

18.12

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

John Lewis-Stempel

18.12

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

Marie K Daouda

18.12

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

Tim Bale

17.12

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

Douglas Murray

17.12

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

Mary Harrington