David Thomas
David Thomas is Professor of Renal Medicine at the University of Cambridge.
The fixtures that forged a nation
Even if you loathed sport, you could enjoy this book — which is why it can both delight and frustrate
Pandemics, plagues and pestilence
Germs have been laying waste to civilisations for 50,000 years
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
British industry has forgotten how to use its voice
Corporate cowards are not standing up to the government
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
Scottish independence is dead, for now
But there is no room for complacency or appeasement
The truth about Notting Hill Carnival
We should be more honest about the dark side of the event
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
From the monstrous to the grotesque
Hitler’s cult of charismatic leadership is indistinguishable from the ideology of National Socialism
Lawless and disordered
British police and courts increasingly struggle to maintain public order