The mistakes of Manchesterism
Andy Burnham is being unrealistic about growth
Less than super models
The authorities must stop putting their faith in the bad science of “public health”
Fat heads and junk politics
A ban on “junk food” commercials is an ominous case of public health overreach
How to have a healthy Christmas
Stay safe and eat sprouts
The worst reply guys on Twitter
A taxonomy of tedious Tweeters
Bad public health research could drive a man to drink
No, alcohol consumption has not spiked since the pandemic
The OBR is worse than useless
The Office for Budget Responsibility is doing an impossible job very badly
Moralism posing as economics
From gambling to billionaires, moral crusades are being dressed up as pragmatism
Public health versus the public
Public health authorities hate it when consumers speak for themselves
The big fat myth of child obesity
We have been misled for years about our children
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
Emin: from the bed to the grave
Not so much a fresh start, as an opportunity to finally take her concerns in earnest
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
Regulations without services
How the state is prohibiting without providing
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again