Champagne in the membrane
Alcohol is not a major risk factor for dementia
Playing God with our grub
Hey, Public Health England, leave our food alone
Gambling with the numbers
A new survey of problem gamblers has serious problems of its own
Tough on smoking, tough on alternatives to smoking
We should give smokers healthier options, not no options
Being economical with the truth
The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life). By George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison
Less smoking, more cancer?
Yet more nonsense from the public health lobby
Nesta, I detest ya
An engine of innovation has become a puddle of inanity
The pointlessness of pintlessness
There is no case for slashing the drink-driving limit
WHO do they think they are?
Politicians should be more sceptical about ideology packaged as “public health”
Don’t let the government poach your pouch
A moral panic is brewing over nicotine pouches
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
You can’t legislate away hatred
Don’t just do something, stand there
Perfect victims and a tale of two films
Don’t idealise victims — listen to them
The porn Olympics
Porn puts young men and women in a degrading race that most of them are doomed to lose — so why are athletes lending it credibility?
Homes for heroes
MPs are committed public servants who need accomodation in London to do their job
Risks and rewards
It is too easy to forget that jockeys run life-threatening risks
The stress myth
Your emotions are not an illness
The age of reason, sliced and diced
No historian wields Ockham’s razor more effectively than J.C.D. Clark
Enthralling eclecticism
Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote, &c. (Chandos)
