Everyday Lies
Diego Maradona was not a victim
We have no sense of the tragic, only of victimhood, says Theodore Dalrymple
NHS propaganda
No rainbow-painting child could possibly understand the relative performance, good or bad, of the NHS
Public spending and public health
Theodore Dalrymple says the connection between expenditure and result is extremely tenuous
Lies of the British Medical Journal
The thirst for power that hides behind diversity
Online banking’s ‘great service’
Dealing with your bank online makes the Labyrinth seem like a Roman Road
Death: a walk in the park
Everyday lies with Theodore Dalrymple
Sins of omission
Taking statistics out of context is a dangerous games, says Theodore Dalrymple
Mission misstatements
What is at your core?
Repeatable offers
For a limited time only?
A doctor’s rites
Theodore Dalrymple reveals how the choice of words in medical obituaries are important
Spring fever
Disinformation journalism circles the drain
It’s OK to be angry about socialism
It is perverse that this chronic failure of an ideology endures
Could Trump be a world leader?
His sense of his own importance might not be suited to isolationism
The slain in Spain, and Belfast again
This police drama tidies up loose ends just enough, but still leaves the viewers wanting more
Pathetic fallacy? Pathetic government
Sunak’s sad announcement was miserably symbolic of Conservative failure
Seller beware
Sotheby’s new fee structure favours the auctioneer
Making a miserable meal of mythbusting
The writing is laced with the sins of myth-making: boring, trite, incoherent, lazy and unfunny
Elder abuse
The US Presidential debate exposed a man far too old to do the job
No party for female voters
Gender-critical feminists have almost no one worth supporting
The Road to the Cass Review — (5) Lord Moonie
How one “awkward sod” refused to follow the trend on gender
Why Meghan is my role model
The public needs to get to know the real Meghan
