Tag: COVID-19

Total Results: 400


Expelliarmus! J.K. Rowling has received little support from fellow liberals. (Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage)
30 Jun 2020 - 1:01am

Why won’t liberals defend liberalism? The woke threat to liberty is not a fringe issue — and people with mainstream opinions are in the firing line

Peter Franklin

Monday
29.06

29.06

There should never be heroes in science Some scientists make their careers by criticising other’s research. But who watches the watchmen?

Stuart Ritchie

Thursday
25.06

25.06

Was my diabetes a symbol of moral failure? Lockdown has drastically affected my health — and taught me a lesson in over-indulgence

Giles Fraser

Wednesday
24.06

24.06

Was the two-metre rule one big lie? By covering up complexity with nice round numbers, public health officials treat us like children

Timandra Harkness

24.06

The Tories’ shameful record on the homeless Will Covid will make us realise that something must be done about the poor?

James Bloodworth

Tuesday
23.06

23.06

We all need a Devil to play Advocate People make better arguments when they take their opponents seriously

Tom Chivers

Monday
22.06

22.06

Why heroes should wear masks If there were a downside of wearing masks, wouldn't we have noticed it by now?

Peter Franklin

Friday
19.06

19.06

The Tories are facing a new revolt on the Right Those who voted for Boris are becoming increasingly disillusioned with his failure to be a true Conservative

Matthew Goodwin

Tuesday
16.06

16.06

What’s the point of contact tracing? Compared to continual lockdown or the virus spreading, even an imperfect tracking system might be the least bad of all options

Tom Chivers

16.06

How Covid is domesticating millennials Everything they enjoy spending their money on has been curbed

Eliza Filby

Friday
12.06

12.06

So where did Covid come from? It's not mere conspiracy theory to ask if this new coronavirus leaked from a Wuhan lab

Ian Birrell

12.06

Why I miss the Tube As city workers consider going back to work, not everyone dreads the thought of going Underground

Andrew Martin