04/15/2020 - 5:01pm

Covid is the common enemy we’ve been searching for The virus has united the country and in doing so, made us all a little emotional

The Brits’ love-hate relationship with lockdown This country has a complicated attitude to authority

The West is becoming like China, not the other way round Formerly free-market nations are turning to state capitalism in reponse to the crisis

Mary Harrington

Tuesday, April 14

Who says a Covid recession would mean more people dead? Historically, economic downturns have led to a fall in deaths, not a rise

The week that coronavirus became visible New data out this morning shows that total deaths in the week ending 3 April were dramatically higher than normal

Saturday, April 11

Teach children knowledge — not critical thinking Without background information of a topic, comprehension will be limited even for the most able reader

Mary Harrington

Friday, April 10

WATCH: Andrew Adonis on the costs of the lockdown The Labour peer tells Freddie Sayers that we need a more rational debate

Nicky Gumbel’s Confessions Giles sits down with the Anglican priest and pioneer of the Alpha course to talk family, faith and doubt

Is air pollution making the pandemic worse? There's mounting evidence that it leaves us more vulnerable to the virus

Thursday, April 9

Beware unchecked scientific theories about Covid Due to these strange times, the scientific community is putting out unverified hypotheses at double rate

Joe Biden didn’t win, Bernie lost The Vermont Senator didn't even win the battle of ideas among the Democratic base

Virtual Seder was almost as good as the real thing But nothing will replace the physical togetherness of Judaism and Christianity

Wednesday, April 8

The strange symbolism of the Queen and Boris Helen Thompson and Matthew Sweet reflect on a revealing week for our country

Give NHS workers hazard pay Nurses and doctors should be compensated for risking their lives on the frontline

Why certain Right-wingers thirst for secret knowledge Esoteric belief systems can offer the ideologues a degree of exclusivity

Finally! The government recognises childcare as work New rules say that people can be furloughed if they can't work due to caring responsibilities

Mary Harrington

Tuesday, April 7

Catch-up: Lockdown TV, Day 15 Featuring Dominic Frisby on home schooling and Gavin Haynes on Traditionalism

Boris in the ICU makes this crisis too much to bear If the PM can be reduced to this, it emphasises how fragile our country is

False cures for Covid-19 are endangering my health My access to hydroxychloroquine has been jeopardised since its rise to fame

Do conservative Catholics get fair trials? Cardinal Pell had many enemies in Australia

Has the FT really changed its mind on capitalism? An editorial called time on four decades of neoliberal policy

Monday, April 6

Weirdo conservatives were the first to spot the Covid threat The Right is a particular combination of highly intelligent and quite stupid

To relieve our parks, open the golf courses We need more public space to get through this, not less

The Queen calls time on the snowflake generation She is right that this crisis is re-kindling fellow feeling

Saturday, April 4

What is the future for America Inc.? The Covid pandemic has thrown this question into sharp focus

Mary Harrington

Friday, April 3

Lockdown TV, Day 11 Featuring Paul Embery on Labour and corona-tyrants, and Giles Fraser and Mary Harrington post-liberal instincts

GPs should not play God during Covid If there are no medical issues at stake, doctors have no right to decide what lives are worth saving

The Orban decree is scary — but it’s about more than trans rights Progressives need to unite against the Orban threat, not point the finger at feminists

As a Tottenham Hotspur fan, I’m ashamed We should emulate other European teams' response to the crisis

Why are so many Italian doctors dying? Thus far, 77 have died

Thursday, April 2

Peter Hitchens on Coronavirus The columnist discusses his Covid scepticism with Freddie Sayers

A glimpse inside a virus-testing laboratory My correspondent reveals some surprisingly mundane sources of delay