“No happiness in life”: a very Russian outlook
How endless optimism can make it difficult when confronted with unpleasant choices
Clap for the modern gods
Once people prayed for rain or for sun. Now, we pray for our NHS
A bitter pill
Women and girls are losing medical advice and safeguards in the name of “freedom”
Why did behavioural scientists crave mask mandates?
The COVID pandemic exposed the nastiness of nudging
Down the primrose WPATH
Responsible medical authorities must reject the dangerous nonsense of gender-affirming care
Chinese whispers
Oliver Dowden’s tough talk on Chinese hacking is less than wholly convincing
Pseudoscience exacerbates the burden of disease
Victims of ME deserve better than dopey Dragons and ear seeds
From cholera to coronavirus
A forgotten novel offers insights into living with a deadly and dehumanising pandemic
Are Labour the real racists?
Conservatives should stop trying to play the victim on identitarian grounds
How trans activists captured the hate crime agenda
The “hate crime” agenda is based on bad policing and worse politics
The poverty of miners’ strike nostalgia
We should not romanticise a futile and sometimes thuggish struggle
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
Having a bad Bey
If you’re going to jettison the essence of the song, why even bother?
