Leave those cigs along
A new tax on rolling tobacco will backfire
The sugar tax leaves a bitter taste
The evidence for an effect on health is dubious to non-existent
The anti-gambling house of cards
Gambling and the simplistic dogma of public health
The evils of Panglossian prohibitionism
Banning the sale of tobacco would increase the black market in cigarettes
Revisionist lockdown history
The public health establishment is being whitewashed over COVID
Ultra-processed fools
More misinformation about so-called UPFs
The poverty of anti-smoking laws
Smokers are not a drain on the economy
Disposable vapes and the race to prohibition
The state should enforce existing rules, not ban disposable vapes
How many people actually smoke?
Manchester memories and the black market in tobacco
Low nicotine, low profits
Well, that’s the end of ultra-low nicotine cigarettes
They like her when she’s angry
Kemi Badenoch is the Incredible Hulk of government ministers, roaring her way through the public realm, smashing opponents left and right
Is Britain a Christian country?
The UK has an established religion alright — the worship of the self
History will judge us on gender
How can the modern world tolerate such absurdity?
The human condition, in Wales
The universal and the particular sit awkwardly in this Cardiff exhibition
Grizelda Buncome
Peripatetic creative writing tutor
An unconvincing case against the UNRWA
It should take more evidence to strip the Palestinians of essential support
Why do we mourn the unborn?
Our attitudes towards children in the womb are hopelessly confused
The meaningless models of “public health”
Another brick in the “public health” fortress of unreality
The problem with public sector procurement
The Social Value Act has brought questionable benefits and serious costs
Eyes on the prizes
On a dispiriting start to racing’s “Premierisation” era
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
