05/12/2020 - 1:00am

What if people aren’t innately good? Rutger Bregman's new book <i>Human Kind</i> ignores the power of shame

Gavin Haynes

27.04

Has Boris had a sickbed conversion? Brushes with mortality can dramatically change political leaders — and not always for the better

Tom Holland

27.04

Which epidemiologist do you believe? The debate about lockdown is not a contest between good and evil

Freddie Sayers

22.04

Britain doesn’t care about social care The Covid crisis has exposed how little our society values its most vulnerable

Ian Birrell

16.04

Who cares about carers? Once a week we sing their praises, the rest of the time we underpay and undervalue them

Mary Harrington

14.04

Can your smartphone crack Covid? Contact-tracing apps are touted as a way out of lockdown. But what about privacy?

Timandra Harkness

26.03

It’s time for an NHS National Service The biggest crisis since the Second World War calls for a huge effort to mobilise the young and healthy

Aris Roussinos

26.03

How society can survive Covid-19 Social capital has been left to atrophy over generations — now is the time to replenish it

Will Tanner

24.03

I’m frightened I’ll die of Covid-19 The coronavirus has made me realise I was in denial about my leukaemia

Stephen Pollard

11.03

Tory voters say: spend, spend, spend New research shows both traditional and Red Wall Conservatives want an end to austerity

David Jeffery

11.03

Ten ways the Tories can retain the ‘Red Wall’ The Conservative Party must adjust its traditional offer to hold on to new voters

Phillip Blond

18.02

Why Boris should bring back conscription We need something more radical than a recruitment drive to fill the gaps in our public services

Polly Mackenzie