December 2, 2020

The toxic British worship of the NHS We need to protect patients, not sanctify the institution and place halos on staff

Ian Birrell

06.11

The Government’s Covid scaremongering It is an insult to the public's intelligence to treat us like a volatile rabble

Timandra Harkness

25.09

The empty cult of Captain Tom Our sentimental obsession with the war hero has more to do with failure than success

Tanya Gold

22.09

Parliament’s pathetic Covid response At times of national crisis, shouldn't our MPs hold Government to account?

Paul Embery

15.09

Why are doctors leaving in droves? This historically stable, lucrative and prestigious profession is in critical condition

Louise Perry

01.09

Let’s be honest, the NHS is awful In public we lionise it; in private we share stories of its incompetence and heartlessness

Henry Jeffreys

19.05

Up the workers: how Covid reset society’s values After decades of disdain for working people, their worth has risen rapidly. Will we back up our words with action?

Jenny McCartney

12.05

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