Britain is drowning in a sea of bad law
The Public Office (Accountability) Bill will accomplish nothing
Confessions of an engagement farmer
Does professional trolling really pay?
Bad medicine
How the Guardian’s favourite doctor ruined his healthy reputation
Public health and the eternal paternalist
Public health can be a Trojan horse for anti-capitalism
Prohibiting pints instead of doing politics
Reducing the drink-drive limit will sound good and achieve nothing
Ultra-processed? No problem!
Yes, people can lose weight and stay healthy while eating “ultra-processed food”
VPN nation
Overbearing laws are encouraging a breakdown in trust
The underground tobacco trade is thriving in Britain
Government measures have pushed smokers towards cheaper alternatives
Give prohibitionists an inch …
Public health experts are coming for all gambling, not just certain kinds
Hey, Streeting, leave our food alone
Wes Streeting and his “nudges” will not improve our health
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Illuminating shady corners of the soul
Chilling accounts of how men can be destroyed from within
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles