Nobody sane disputes the scientific method. So why are we wasting time talking about face masks?
By Matthew Parris
Collectively, we’ve had a sort of out-of-body experience — looked at our lives from outside
By Matthew Parris
Sir Edward Colston’s statue was not about history but estimation. Our era is entitled to its own response
By Matthew Parris
I have quietly accepted that my interior life (and yours) may be rather accurately guessed at by an algorithm
By Matthew Parris
Estimates of mortality range between a third and two-thirds of all the inhabitants
By Matthew Parris
Along comes a crisis that offers a Conservative government a historic chance to show that they care
By Matthew Parris
A grown-up citizenry does not confuse intelligent questioning with unpatriotic breaking of the ranks
By Matthew Parris
In the corner of your mind, keep alive the small, flickering flame of suspicion
By Matthew Parris
It’s a way of hiding our eyes from what men are or can be, or can do
By Matthew Parris
The next PM will have promised the electorate something that she or he is quite unable to deliver
By Matthew Parris
