Face Masks
Letting the mask slip
An unelected, unaccountable bureaucrat used “nudging” to influence national policy
COVID truth and reconciliation
We must learn the lessons of our pandemic response
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
A sea of staring eyes
Overcrowded lectures are bad enough, but Zoom and masks are incompatible with learning
Feeling testy
Rules are for the rest of you
Do as Tories say, not as Tories do
Conservative politicians instruct us to wear masks — but vice-signal not doing so themselves
Continued mask wearing won’t help us return to normal
Psychologists know it will do the opposite
As flies to wanton boys
Gambling with human lives is just another day in the lives of the one per cent
WW3 and the end of history
The age of world wars is past, the age of global civil war has come
Finding the middle ground
Where do the acts too big for pubs but too small for arenas play?
How big a problem is problem gambling?
Jolyon Maugham should not roll the dice on opposing GambleAware
Don’t forget Armenia
Armenians, once the target of genocide, are under threat again
Shock of the new
There is a difference between innovation and a gimmick
A dentist’s appointment for Liam
Rishi discovers he is more appealing to the voters when he’s not there
Social media and the neoteny trap
The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future
The sacred and the profane
Allowing a “Rave in the Nave” in Canterbury Cathedral was a regrettable error of judgement
A masterpiece in miniature
Taneyev, Schumann: Piano quintets (Signum)
The dangerous excesses of breaking boundaries
There is a double standard on trans people and violence
