1 May 2020 - 1:12am

Can you believe Boris Johnson’s luck? The Prime Minister's enemies would rather think of him as a chancer than a gifted leader

Douglas Murray

01.05

Since when did the Tories care about workers? Coronavirus seems to have parted politicians from their ideological traditions

Matthew Sweet

01.05

How cartoons survived the great awokening Adult animations are fronting a counterculture: a safe haven for disaffected comedy fans

James Billot

01.05

Covid-19 can’t spoil America’s appetite The US has always been more concerned about its meat than the people who process it

Gerard DeGroot

30.04

How China is exploiting pandemic panic Beijing is fighting to suppress a Covid-19 investigation — and to dominate the post-virus global order

Ian Birrell

30.04

Why coronavirus is a laughing matter Comedy transforms fear into something that can't overwhelm us

Giles Fraser

30.04

What sort of sexist are you? The superficial niceness of benevolent sexism allows boys to hang onto it more easily

Sarah Ditum

30.04

Is this how normal people have sex? The BBC adaptation of Sally Rooney's novel is more high-end porn than drama

Zoe Strimpel

29.04

Pity the out-of-work influencers Don't mock their empty and decadent jobs: the Instagrammers were only trying to forge a new path

James Bloodworth

29.04

How will the Tories fix the Covid fracture? As the pandemic deepens inequality and cripples communities, the Government has a choice

Paul Embery

29.04

‘Jerusalem’ is the play we need right now Jez Butterworth's masterpiece is a rare thing: a revival that's in tune with our troubled times

Barney Norris

28.04

When will we get the Covid-19 vaccine? By the time the jab arrives, we might not even need it

Tom Chivers