Addiction
How bad is the news on booze?
And how bad are the ideas for curbing consumption?
The dark threat of nitazenes
New opioids could pose a dramatic risk to British streets
Parents are being hypocritical about smartphones
Yes, kids use their phones too much, but what about adults?
How big a problem is problem gambling?
Jolyon Maugham should not roll the dice on opposing GambleAware
“Public health” doubles down
Prohibitionists are never satisfied
The problem with problem gambling
Let’s try to keep things in perspective
Falling into addiction
Drug addiction is not something that just happens to you
Cards on the table
Failure to reform problem gambling is harming millions and costing us billions
Against the neo-prohibitionists
Drug users have agency — let them choose for themselves
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
Jam, Jute, journalism, Japanese design
There is a lot more to see and enjoy in Dundee than London reviewers suggested
Take trade experts and their models with a bucket of salt
The negative impact of Brexit on trade, and the economy at large, is still being overstated
The love that dare not speak its name
Classical music has been tarnished with the dread word “elitism”
The 15-minute bait and switch
15-minute cities mean restricted freedom and a town hall traffic-fine bonanza
Old Ireland stirs
The defeat handed to Dublin’s progressive establishment was a reminder of an older Ireland
Sinking giggling into the sea
The Conservatives were very amused with Rishi Sunak’s latest joke, even if no one else was
The court of hot air
We do not need human rights law to protect human rights or to maintain the rule of law
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
How to lose an empire
The rise and fall of the Sassoon family, whose yearning for social acceptance brought titles at the cost of success
