1 Jun 2020 - 1:00am

Could coronavirus topple skyscrapers? High-rise architecture was built for a globalised world without infectious disease

Peter Franklin

29.05

The sinister bias of YouTube and Twitter Forget BBC impartiality, it's the unlimited power of the tech giants that should really alarm us

Douglas Murray

29.05

Coronavirus doesn’t care about politics Government plans have always been one step behind the virus — test and trace won't change that

Freddie Sayers

29.05

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