Steak Tartare
Afrocentrism with a Labour twist
Dawn Butler’s Black History Month video was disturbing as well as weird
Lucy Letby’s defenders have failed
They have not provided cause to doubt her conviction
The spectre of dissent
Authoritarian impulses have taken root in the British state, as Keir Starmer continues to crack down on speech online
The NHS need not depend on immigration
The shortage of British trainees is the result of a political choice
The mixed legacy of #MeToo
There is a difference between confronting male behaviour and recreational man-hating
Enthralling eclecticism
Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote, &c. (Chandos)
Champagne in the membrane
Alcohol is not a major risk factor for dementia
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars