Life & Arts coverage from Spectator USA
The snowflakes turn to ice
The hyper-woke generation has grown up. But they aren’t like other grown-ups
Our exile in London
The rich are in their country cottages tweeting about social distancing and playing videos of cats playing violins
Is this the Boog?
First the government makes you wear a mask to go to the supermarket. Next they’ll be after your guns
Lego, George Floyd and the politics of playtime
Surely there should be some spaces in life untouched by political concerns?
An 11-year-old’s birthday party was hijacked by Brexit
While our guests laid into Boris and Dominic Cummings, the birthday boy and I played with matches
The intense pleasures of lockdown
Walking in the parks and squares, the scent of flowers was amplified by the clear air
Why is YouTube so afraid of free speech?
I, too, think the 5G theory is silly, but that’s not a good reason to censor it
Why is it that age limits never apply to men?
When lockdown is over, I don’t suppose I’ll have the courage to resist returning to my old hectic run-around
My husband’s Skype funeral
There were no hymns, no eulogy. Time enough for that when the plague has passed
Policing rural Ireland is easier, no doubt, than policing urban America
Whatever the context, let’s not let the worst besmirch the best
How to destroy civilization
Thanks to tenured radicals, we are witnessing the retribalization of the world
Celebrities try and heal the nation by making the protests about themselves
Where were you when David Guetta cured racism?
Immunity to coronavirus may be far more widespread than thought
If some of the population have a degree of resistance thanks to previous infection with other coronaviruses then the numbers change
Facebook is right. Twitter is wrong
Fact-checking widespread information on social media should be the job of journalists — but journalists have lost interest in facts
Our village has a communist bar and a fascist bar. If only I could remember which is which
If there’s a televised match on somewhere in the world, the communist bar will be showing it on the big screen with the volume turned up
I’ve made up for missing all my children’s and grandchildren’s births
After my father died I instructed the household always to refer to me as the GP, which stood for ‘great provider’
Unfortunately our new puppy is not just for lockdown
Caroline has already declared that she prefers sharing a bed with the dog to sharing with me
