Don’t let the government poach your pouch
A moral panic is brewing over nicotine pouches
The UPF panic is a fad
Chris van Tulleken cannot seem to decide what an ultra-processed food even is
The gambling suicides myth
The rate of deaths caused by gambling has been foolishly exaggerated
The Conservative love affair with petty prohibitionism
How much time has been wasted on trivial legislation?
How bad is the news on booze?
And how bad are the ideas for curbing consumption?
It’s the only one for me, nicotine
Once again, public health fanaticism is being prioritised over simple pleasures
All smoke and no fire
An Impact Assessment on prohibiting cigarettes is unconvincing
No, Liz Truss did not crash the economy
The Conservatives should be brave enough to take on this stupid talking point
Don’t ban the billboards
Campaigns against advertising are pure public health fanaticism
How big a problem is problem gambling?
Jolyon Maugham should not roll the dice on opposing GambleAware
Foul play
David Peace’s new novel is about much more than football
A passionate battler for buildings
A manichaean choice between the organic adaptation of old buildings and the beauty of the new
No average Joe
“He looked like the Milkybar Kid but played like Clint Eastwood”
British industry has forgotten how to use its voice
Corporate cowards are not standing up to the government
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
Oxford elects
Meet the denizens of Oxford’s disenchanted garden currently competing for the university’s top sinecure
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
Bonfire of the verities
Plotting a path through the new politics
Bluesky thinking?
The honeymoon phase of the X alternative could be short-lived
Keir’s woetanical garden
Labour still don’t understand the scale of the reforms that are needed
