Health
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
The dangerous rise of egg harvesting
Women should not be encouraged to undergo a dangerous and unnecessary procedure
Champagne in the membrane
Alcohol is not a major risk factor for dementia
The exec on an unfiltered journey
It seems dangerously liable to foster neuroticism and credulity
Less smoking, more cancer?
Yet more nonsense from the public health lobby
Medical science is oppressive
Illness and wellness are mere taxonomies of power
Infected blood and infected institutions
Decades on from the beginning of the infected blood scandal, our institutions still fail to align themselves with the truth
The UPF panic is a fad
Chris van Tulleken cannot seem to decide what an ultra-processed food even is
The problem with puberty blockers
Ministers must step in to prevent the NHS from experimenting on children
An irreversible step
If Britain embraces euthanasia for the terminally ill, it won’t end there
Lebrecht’s Album of the Year
Not just a great record but an essential one
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
A bloodless coup in Bucharest
How can elections be cancelled without substantive reasons even being presented?
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
Feminist rehab for mean girl Mahler
You’d have thought the Head Muse of old Vienna had enough on her plate
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
