05/29/2020 - 1:07am

The sad loss of our common rituals The history of Whit Monday has already vanished — and lockdown is eroding our common calendar further

Eleanor Parker

29.05

These bullying bishops aren’t brave Why are the guardians of public morality joining the pitch-fork mob?

Giles Fraser

28.05

Is China trolling the West? By encouraging a global backlash against his own nation, Xi Jinping is playing a deadly game

Mary Harrington

28.05

Yesterday, the Beatles and why talent isn’t enough Richard Curtis ignores the fact that great artists are often in the right place at the right time

Dorian Lynskey

28.05

Simplicity is at the root of policy failures Whether it's lockdown regulations or welfare payments, one-size-fits-all is not the answer

Polly Mackenzie

28.05

Why we remember wars but forget plagues Art ignores pandemics because they're too boring, too horrific and too depressing

Sean Thomas

27.05

Our dangerous addiction to prediction When it comes to forecasting, what we need more than anything is humility

Stuart Ritchie

27.05

Why the Zoom gloom has set in Meaningful social connection requires eye contact, handshakes and hugs

Mia Levitin

27.05

The truth about ‘Obamagate’ Donald Trump is turning the false allegations of Russian collusion to his advantage

Michael Tracey

27.05

Why do leaders flout lockdown rules? In Poland as in Britain, there seems to be one rule for the elite and another for everyone else

Gabriel Gavin

26.05

Do any Covid-19 ‘cures’ actually work? There has been a huge increase in scientific papers aimed at a desperate public — and many of them are garbage

Tom Chivers

26.05

The terrible threat of Wokenomics There's danger in paying people for things that should be given freely

Peter Franklin