Women wearing face masks during the 1918 Spanish Flu

05/15/2020 - 8:00am

Facemasks: yet another social pressure that women feel more than men From girlhood we are more worried about how we are perceived than boys

Thursday, May 14

Does remdesivir treat Covid-19? The drug got FDA approval earlier this month

The pre-modern idyll of Thomas the Tank Engine The children's book celebrates its 75th anniversary this week

After lockdown, prepare for the Big Move Leaving London is becoming an increasingly attractive prospect

Wednesday, May 13

Normalement, or back to normal? Let's look to the French for a better understanding of that tricky word

Elizabeth Oldfield

The case for lockdowns Dr Natalie Dean talks to Freddie Sayers

The new battle line in libertarian thought Covid has pitched the rationalists against the visceralists

Tuesday, May 12

Who are the corona tribes? Even as Covid turns our world upside down, polarisation is creeping back

Are the young turning into progressive authoritarians? A recent poll seems to suggest so...

Memo to the Government: we don’t all live in zones 1 to 4 For most people, the office isn't a cycle-ride away

Mary Harrington

Monday, May 11

Is Boris extending an olive branch to Putin? As UK-China relations sour, Moscow beckons

Why are we placing high-risk trans sex offenders in women’s prisons? It creates a dangerous environment for female inmates

‘Stay alert’ is not precise — but it is meaningful Those who conflate the two are being disingenuous

Friday, May 8

Newsnight turns Covid-sceptic An investigation from the BBC programme implies that lockdown may have been an overreaction

How much is a human life worth? A Telegraph columnist has tried to put a figure on it

Thursday, May 7

To the cafe tables, comrades — bring on the al fresco revolution Let's rediscover streets as beautiful places for business and pleasure

Nicholas Boys Smith

Has Germany just blown up the Eurozone? The most important story of the week was buried in pages of Deutsche legalese

Wednesday, May 6

I told you so! 100,000 tests was a foolish target A classic case of Goodhart's Law...

Do not let a brilliant thinker like Benedict fall silent He remains a valuable source of wisdom in the Catholic world

The FT’s shameful false equivalence on America and China Gideon Rachman makes a series of dubious claims in his latest column

Tuesday, May 5

Welcome to the struggle, Comrade Bray The Amazon vice-president's resignation is a reminder of the company's dark side

James Bloodworth

German virologist: Covid-19 is less deadly than feared Professor Hendrik Streeck's findings show a fatality rate of 0.24-0.36%

The trade unions are back in the driving seat Worker groups are going to play a powerful role in our exit from lockdown

The hidden culture war behind Michael Gove’s bookshelf Both sides in this stupid argument are barking up the wrong tree

Mary Harrington

Monday, May 4

Not now please, Universal Basic Income enthusiasts Government needs to be able to direct spending power to where it's needed most

Let priests pray in their churches It is an act of defiance against C-19

Saturday, May 2

Nobel prize-winning scientist: the Covid-19 epidemic was never exponential Professor Michael Levitt has been following the numbers

Friday, May 1

The C of E has retreated to the kitchen The Church has lost confidence in its own values

Can we have a grown-up conversation about free trade? I have to take issue with Daniel Hannan...

Thursday, April 30

Thomas Sowell’s ‘conflict of visions’ — epidemiology edition Johan Giesecke and Neil Ferguson embody the philosopher's two competing world views

Stop obsessing over the 100,000 test target The Government should never have mentioned this arbitrary goal

Will the pandemic simplify our lives? It's an attractive but extremely wishful idea