Tag: COVID-19

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There's a dignity about home-owning. Credit: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
3 Aug 2020 - 1:00am

It’s time the Tories got tough on landlords A Land Value Tax would help pay for the Covid crisis — and give more people the chance to own a home

Peter Franklin

Friday, 31 July

31.07

Is it any wonder we’re so divided? The relentless message of disunity promoted by BLM erodes any solidarity we gained under lockdown

Douglas Murray

Wednesday, 29 July

29.07

The truth about vaccines Why is one of the most effective medical interventions known to humanity regarded with such mistrust?

Stuart Ritchie

Tuesday, 28 July

28.07

From Covid to crime: how media hype distorts risk The pandemic has forced everyone to undertake a high-stakes crash course in statistics — including journalists

Tom Chivers

Monday, 27 July

27.07

Why Boris Johnson keeps on winning Despite a global pandemic and economic shutdown, the PM's popularity just won't wane

Matthew Goodwin

Friday, 24 July

24.07

Why we aren’t wearing masks in Sweden Anders Tegnell, architect of a unique response to the pandemic, defends his approach

Freddie Sayers

Thursday, 23 July

23.07

Have I become a bourgeois cliche? My lockdown obsession with fine wine has refocused my attention on life's important little details

Giles Fraser

Tuesday, 21 July

21.07

Covid could become the new common cold Even if we don’t eradicate the disease, we'll end up able to live with it

Tom Chivers

21.07

The myth of ‘Anglo-America’ Simplistic civilisational narratives are all the rage right now — but take them with a pinch of salt

Peter Franklin

Wednesday, 15 July

15.07

Let food bank clients eat cake The receipt of charity shouldn't be conditional on the renunciation of pleasure

Matthew Sweet

Tuesday, 14 July

14.07

Is there really a Covid mental health crisis? The coronavirus disaster has obviously brought with it an epidemic of anxiety and depression. Or has it?

Tom Chivers

Friday, 3 July

03.07

What does my gladiator dream mean? This ancient analysis of nocturnal visions is superforecasting, second-century style

Daniel Kalder