Dump the pumps
People are not going to buy a product they don’t like
A bitter pill for public health
The sugar tax has not worked as intended
“Public health” doubles down
Prohibitionists are never satisfied
An about-turn on tobacco
Prohibitionists are changing course on cigarettes, and Rishi stands alone
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 mixed legacy of #MeToo
There is a difference between confronting male behaviour and recreational man-hating
Doom and bloom
Live woke and die
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
Religion without mercy
Progressivism has all the zeal of Christianity, but none of its emphasis on forgiveness
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
Trump’s Bitcoin Boom
The UK should clarify its stance on the leading cryptocurrency sooner rather than later
The death of conservatism?
Individually and collectively, we must choose life
Tawdry tales
The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera House
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
