Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
The public health fanatics have a new enemy in their sights
The meaningless models of “public health”
Another brick in the “public health” fortress of unreality
A new low in anti-vape scaremongering
There is no great risk of oral cancer among vapers
Is public health a protected belief?
A new case will decide if prohibitionism in the name of public health constitutes a philosophical belief under the Equality Act
The reality of tobacco control
To have a law does not mean that it will be respected
The disingenuous anti-vax blame game
People have short memories about the MMR scare
Good news is bad news for public health experts
It implies that there is no particular need to panic
The end of another prohibitionist myth
There is no good evidence that adverts for alcohol increase consumption
Debunking degrowth
Want to be poorer and less free? Do we have an ideology for you
Doctor knows best?
A trip down the medical memory lane
Belle époque on a plate
The Goring offers a level of enchantment seldom found in the environs of Victoria Station
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
Murders for September
British detectives go abroad, as this month’s chillers take us from a fictional Spanish island to the Far East
The half-forgotten promise of the Jubilee Line
The London Underground line points the way towards a better future
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
