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
Why public health has become a dirty word
The field has been hijacked by a politicised and self-serving class of experts
Vapegoating e-cigarettes
Why do we believe the worst about e-cigarettes?
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
The right-on, left-wing oppressors
A flaw in the design of academic studies makes the Left appear less authoritarian than the Right
Why was a foreign rapist in Britain?
The sad background to a horrific case
The shell shock of the arts
How will the art world respond to its narrative shock?
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
Minimum pricing, maximum annoyance
No one wins when the minimum price for alcohol rises
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
Don’t appeal to our worst instincts
How many will talk themselves into asking for a parent’s early death if money is involved?
The dam of Spanish eco-politics creaks
Will no death toll make elites reconsider green overreach?
