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Why lockdown was a catastrophic mistake
Covid-19

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Why lockdown was a catastrophic mistake

26th March 2025
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Molly Kingsley

Why are we still persecuting ‘Covid criminals’? Covid-19

Why are we still persecuting ‘Covid criminals’?

10th April 2025

Patrick West

How the age of emotion gave us the mental-health crisis Covid-19

How the age of emotion gave us the mental-health crisis

28th March 2025

Hugo Timms

The maddest, lewdest and most dystopian lockdown moments Covid-19

The maddest, lewdest and most dystopian lockdown moments

24th March 2025

Mark Woolhouse

Take it from a SAGE adviser – lockdown was a disaster Covid-19

Take it from a SAGE adviser – lockdown was a disaster

23rd March 2025

Matt Ridley

How scientists misled the world about Covid’s origins Science & Tech

How scientists misled the world about Covid’s origins

23rd March 2025

Gareth Roberts

Remembering the tsunami of lockdown twee Covid-19

Remembering the tsunami of lockdown twee

23rd March 2025

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Lockdown: a reckoning Long-reads

Lockdown: a reckoning

23rd March 2025

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Lionel Shriver: ‘Lockdown was insane’ Covid-19

Lionel Shriver: ‘Lockdown was insane’

9th March 2025

Charles Small

How we lifted the lid on China’s Covid cover-up Covid-19

How we lifted the lid on China’s Covid cover-up

30th January 2025

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Justin Trudeau: fall of a woke despot World

Justin Trudeau: fall of a woke despot

6th January 2025

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What really happened in Wuhan Covid-19

What really happened in Wuhan

31st December 2024

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Have scientists suppressed the truth about Covid’s origins? Covid-19

Have scientists suppressed the truth about Covid’s origins?

15th October 2024

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What did Anthony Fauci know about the lab leak? Covid-19

What did Anthony Fauci know about the lab leak?

14th October 2024

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13th October 2024
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