Francisco Ceballos
Francisco Ceballos is a biologist with a PhD from the University of Santiago de Compostela. His research combines genetics, bioinformatics and statistical modelling to study how human history and health are shaped by patterns of homozygosity and inbreeding. He tweets at @Ceballos_Gene
Don’t keep it in the family
The disturbing genetic risks of first-cousin marriage
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
