Theme: Groupthink

Total Results: 1515


You wanted children? Well now you’ve got them all the time. Credit: Alex Livesey - Danehouse/Getty
May 20, 2020

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

Tuesday
19.05

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

Friday
15.05

15.05

Lockdown ‘relaxation’ is nothing of the sort Boris's latest regulations tighten restrictions rather than loosening them

Adam King

Wednesday
13.05

13.05

Will Britain end up following the Swedes? The UK Covid-19 policy could look very different in a few months' time

Freddie Sayers

13.05

Boris Johnson and the ravages of office What effect has the coronavirus had on those protecting the health of the country?

Ian Birrell

Tuesday
12.05

12.05

Why are minorities so hard hit by Covid-19? A combination of social conditions and health factors has turned coronavirus into a disaster for black and Asian Britons

Saloni Dattani

Monday
11.05

11.05

Not so rosy: the legacy of the Coalition government There were five mistakes made during the Cameron-Clegg years that we simply cannot afford to make again

Peter Franklin

Friday
08.05

08.05

How we mythologise the Second World War The meaning of the conflict has been retconned, becoming the origin story for a new world

Niall Gooch

08.05

Pity the lustful in lockdown Persistent thoughts of death lead to insistent thoughts of sex — just look at Neil Ferguson

Rowan Pelling

Tuesday
05.05

05.05

Is the lockdown doing more harm than good? Yes, coronavirus can be deadly, but trapping us in our homes is also costly to lives and livelihoods

Tom Chivers

Monday
04.05

04.05

The wicked truth about Cottage Core This vogueish online idealisation of rural life is another way of ignoring its struggles

Tanya Gold

Friday
01.05

01.05

Can you believe Boris Johnson’s luck? The Prime Minister's enemies would rather think of him as a chancer than a gifted leader

Douglas Murray