You are being nudged
State-sponsored psychological manipulation is becoming ubiquitous
Why did behavioural scientists crave mask mandates?
The COVID pandemic exposed the nastiness of nudging
There’s no case for mask mandates
We cannot trust models based on bogus assumptions
The flawed reasoning behind the mask “requirement” in healthcare settings
The spurious attempts of NHS chief executives to defend their positions
A chronic case of mask fever
Masking in medical contexts represents the triumph of culture over science
Let’s face it
Governments use masking to force compliance, not fight viruses
Continued mask wearing won’t help us return to normal
Psychologists know it will do the opposite
A year of fear
Dr Gary Sidley analyses the language of fear that has been peddled throughout the pandemic
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
Donald Trump should not heed the call of foreign policy hawks
The world is not split neatly between good guys and bad guys
Trump’s Bitcoin Boom
The UK should clarify its stance on the leading cryptocurrency sooner rather than later
The sorry strategy
Reparations are a deeply dangerous strategy in the carnivorous world of geopolitics
Pandæmonium
Better to reign in hell than serve in government
Why was a foreign rapist in Britain?
The sad background to a horrific case
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
How the Navy built Britain
Culmination of a magisterial work that entwines the story of the Royal Navy with the scientific, cultural and social history of our nation
The shame of the Oxford Union
A debate on Israel and Palestine was a disgrace
Labour has a conspiracy problem
Dawn Butler MP should reevaluate her eccentric ideas
Life amid the ruins
Any captured, destroyed city, offers the same problems for the new owners
