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Hello, I'm Sam Holmes and welcome to Spectator Out Loud. Every week, a few of our favourite writers read their pieces from the latest issue.

This week, we'll hear from Douglas Murray on why he thinks the coronavirus is over,

Nairola Emila, on her family's experiences as Uyghurs living under the rule of the CCP,

and Theo Hobson on why the different factions of the Church of England need to come together.

First up, Douglas Murray.

The time has come to get on with our lives. If anyone had any doubts about the wisdom of tempting fate,

then they probably haven't considered the case of Betty White and People magazine.

Assuming that some spectator readers are not also subscribers to people,

I should inform you that the cover for the current issue

features the last of the Golden Girls.

Betty White turns 100, sings the headline, with the subtitle,

Funny Never Get Old.. But while Funny may not get old,

the issue soon did. White died a few days shy of her 100th birthday, just as People magazine hit

the newsstands. It sits there still, the worst example of a cover-tempting fate since November 2016, when Newsweek brought out an issue with Hillary Clinton on the front under the headline, Madam President. All of which is simply to say that I am fully aware of how careful we should be,

yet here I go. I think that the coronavirus is over, or at least it will become clear in the next few

weeks that it is over. That is not to say that no one will get COVID or any of its

variance, or that insane rules will not continue to be applied largely by Celts in this country.

But it is to say that it will be harder and harder to apply any such rules, let alone enforce them,

and that as the first weeks of 2022 roll on, people will increasingly realize that we are done with all this.

The reasons are obvious.

Firstly, the current fixation with lockdowns and similar restrictions is unsustainable.

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