June 26, 2020

Pity the prisoners who remain locked up In lockdown we've learned that restricting people's freedoms leaves them unmoored from life

Carlo Gebler

25.06

Incels could become the new Vikings Our culture is creating a flotsam of sexual no-hopers — with disastrous consequences

Mary Harrington

25.06

Was my diabetes a symbol of moral failure? Lockdown has drastically affected my health — and taught me a lesson in over-indulgence

Giles Fraser

25.06

Why American lives matter most Once the US exported Coca-Cola, McDonald's and movies. Now it exports political pathologies

Ben Sixsmith

25.06

On your bike, Britain! Cycling liberated women in the 1890s, and is just the thing to free us from lockdown

Mary Kenny

24.06

We will have to take a side in Cold War II A world in which Beijing achieves technological dominance would be terrifying

Maajid Nawaz

24.06

Slate Star Codex must remain anonymous The New York Times wants to out the author of a blog that is one of the few sites for reasoned argument

Tom Chivers

24.06

Was the two-metre rule one big lie? By covering up complexity with nice round numbers, public health officials treat us like children

Timandra Harkness

24.06

The Tories’ shameful record on the homeless Will Covid will make us realise that something must be done about the poor?

James Bloodworth

23.06

How Covid-19 could get Trump re-elected The stumbling President's innate scepticism could yet be a threat to the Democrats

Freddie Sayers

23.06

We all need a Devil to play Advocate People make better arguments when they take their opponents seriously

Tom Chivers

23.06

Tolkien’s mythic plan for England The author wanted to write a great saga that would fill a gap in the nation's pre-history

Niall Gooch