Health
I got Covid (again) – is it time I got jabbed?
I got Covid a couple of weeks ago. Second time for me, which was annoying because I’d told Caroline that…
The best podcasts about money
Stories about money are never about money. They are about pain, about family, about atrocity, about luck, about health, about…
Do you really need to see the GP in person?
Only later, perhaps even a decade later, as the pandemic of 2020-22 shrinks in our rear-view mirror, may we be…
Do we want the nanny state tracking our every step?
The best thing that can be said about the government’s latest anti-obesity scheme is that it’s cheap. For now. The…
Why did we decide that Covid was over?
Look, I don’t know much epidemiology. Can’t pretend to. So what follows is, necessarily, a personal finger to the wind.…
‘I’m entitled not to listen to Sage’: an interview with Sajid Javid
Sajid Javid has big plans for the NHS – if Covid lets him
Boris Johnson and the Tory identity crisis
The Tory conference in Manchester will be a relatively muted affair. In part, this is because — as I say…
There’s one upside to having Parkinson’s disease
I am just back from my final salmon fishing trip of the year. I have never had a worse season…
End of the line: it’s time to rethink the queue
It’s time to rethink the queue
Am I alone in not wanting to download the Covid app?
As I begin, I’m tortured by the doo-do-doo-do of The Twilight Zone’s theme music. I’ve hurtled back in time. Suddenly…
Sajid Javid: My isolation diary
You always remember when a prime minister calls you to ask you to take on a new role, and you…
Organic food isn’t better for us – or the environment
The case against organic food
What did the Romans ever do for us?
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is planning to install a statue of John Chilembwe in Trafalgar Square. Mr Chilembwe…
Why are GPs still not seeing patients in person?
The GP won’t see you now
How does the ‘red wall’ story end?
At Redwall Abbey Does fiction provide any guide as to the ultimate fate of Labour’s Red Wall? — Redwall Abbey…
Hospital wards are filling up again – with fakers
As Covid retreats, the malingerers are making a comeback
The mysteries of ‘long Covid’
Why do some people’s symptoms not go away?
The power of cold showers
Why I’ve warmed to cold showers
My future hangs on the result of this blood test
A new year and another round of medical treatments in the French health system. On Saturday morning, needing a blood…
My cure for the common cold
You really don’t want to know about my coughs and sneezes, particularly during the festive season, but bear with me…
The ethics of lockdown
Is the harm it causes justified?
The curious case of the man who caught COVID twice
Does catching the SARS-CoV-2 virus give us immunity from further infection by the virus or can we catch it a…
What happens when a US president dies?
Vice squad Donald Trump catching Covid-19 has concentrated minds on what happens if a US president dies in office. Normally,…
How much does it cost to save lives from Covid?
Why has much more been spent on saving lives from Covid than other conditions?
Joe Biden is sleepwalking his way through the campaign
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign called another early morning press lid at 9:20 a.m. on Thursday, leaving strategists and reporters wondering…
