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I'm Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator.

We always reckon that each magazine is read by about two or three other people.

People give it to their family members, their friends when they finish reading it,

the magazine can get passed around, but probably not very much right now in this era of self-isolation.

So we decided that for those who would normally read the magazine but might not get a copy now,

we have asked our columnists to read out some of their work. So for this week's magazine we

have Douglas Murray, Tanya Gold and Mark Mason. Here's Douglas Murray to start.

Below the crisis a question floats. Where do we find purpose? By Douglas Murray.

Perhaps we are at least past the beginning of this crisis, the phase where the hunt for

multi-packs of loo rolls briefly became the national sport. Now we are into the second, perhaps even less glorious stage,

in which we all have to sit in our solitude and hope that the storm blows over us.

And if this passivity is the great demand of our generation, a demand that brings its own ironies, then now is a good

time to ask the question, how do we spend our time well? The question is one we ought to ask more

throughout our lives, but the truth is that most of us tend to ask it only at moments of

personal crisis, when a job or relationship suddenly ends, or a loved one dies. By asking how do we

spend our time well, I do not, of course, mean simply how do we keep ourselves busy? There are home exercise videos for that,

even DIY, if you must. I mean, how ought we to use this time meaningfully? An immediate urge

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