21 May 2020 - 1:01am

The world’s next jihadi flashpoint The West's neglect of the Sahel could come back to bite us

Will Brown

21.05

When Asterix took on Covid-19 He's more than France's favourite cartoon character: he's an icon of Gaullish cussedness

John Lewis-Stempel

21.05

Lockdown shattered my parental bond A few weeks ago, the strange telepathy that exists between mother and child broke down

Mary Harrington

21.05

How Viktor Orbán plays his enemies Don’t be fooled: reassigning money rather than gender is what really matters to Fidesz

Alexander Faludy

20.05

Our National Security Council is a joke It identified a pandemic as a serious risk to the country — and then didn't act on it

Tom Swarbrick

20.05

Anti-Semitism runs deep in Britain There is a strong native tradition in this country and it cuts across party lines

Matthew Sweet

20.05

Can university survive Covid-19? Academics have long argued that the computer can never replace the classroom

Gerard DeGroot

20.05

Parents don’t want tips from the childless Confinement magnifies all the downsides of raising children, and it's driving us to despair

Sarah Ditum

19.05

Is it safe to reopen schools? Half of parents are so scared they won't send their children back, but keeping them at home is risky too

Tom Chivers

19.05

Tories have to choose between beef and liberty Post-Brexit, Britain's farmers must come before free trade

Danny Kruger

19.05

Up the workers: how Covid reset society’s values After decades of disdain for working people, their worth has risen rapidly. Will we back up our words with action?

Jenny McCartney

19.05

Lockdown won’t end the war on drugs Covid-19 is nothing more than a temporary inconvenience for the global drug trade

Antony Loewenstein