Health
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.…
A great reformer?
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…
Diary
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
An unhealthy app-etite
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…
Diary
You always remember when a prime minister calls you to ask you to take on a new role, and you…
Dishing the dirt
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…
Dr No
The GP won’t see you now
Barometer
At Redwall Abbey Does fiction provide any guide as to the ultimate fate of Labour’s Red Wall? — Redwall Abbey…
A game of patients
As Covid retreats, the malingerers are making a comeback
Covid’s long game
Why do some people’s symptoms not go away?
Chill out
Why I’ve warmed to cold showers
Low life
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…
Barometer
Vice squad Donald Trump catching Covid-19 has concentrated minds on what happens if a US president dies in office. Normally,…
Cost of living
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…
Rush jab
Fast-tracking vaccines can be disastrous – even if they work
The problem with fast-tracking vaccines
You have to admit it, Operation Warp Speed is a good moniker. It’s the name for the American interagency program,…
The riddle of the virus
Our bodies’ defences work in ways we still don’t understand
