psychiatry
The problem with prescriptions
Concerns about over-prescription should not be trivialised or problematised
Gimme shelter
The case for reopening the asylums
A question of ideology
Psychiatrists must be free to challenge dogma
Clients
Value neutral language drains meaning from discourse
The ghosts of Tory past
The Conservatives are haunted by the spirits of the last two decades
The rise of academentia
Mere transgression is being elevated above genuine insight and creativity
The slow death of public spaces
Pointless regulations are sucking joy from British life
The Conservatives deserve credit on sex and gender
They were slow to respond to institutional capture — but they did respond
A stern telling-off
Rachel Reeves has had enough of these misbehaving Tories
Keir has much to fear
Keir Starmer should enjoy the election campaign because he may not enjoy the demands of power
All politics is existential now
NatCon DC was a reminder of the urgency of our political moment
Bad education
Under Labour a deeply ideological education sector could go very quickly and badly wrong
On She/Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Yousaf resigns and Lavery is maligned in another weird week of Scullionbait
Fat lot of use
One cannot approve of so lazy a gimmick as a fat suit in reality-obsessed 2024
Scruffy splendour
Holy Week showcases a very Venetian combination of Renaissance splendour and DIY
