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Labour’s age of miracles
I am not yet eligible for the winter fuel allowance. Nor am I especially in favour of it, regarding it…
This Edinburgh Fringe comedian is headed for stardom
Dr Phil Hammond is a hilarious and wildly successful comedian whose career is built on the ruins of the NHS.…
Edinburgh has turned into a therapy session
Therapy seems to be the defining theme of this year’s Edinburgh festival. Many performers are saddled with personal demons or…
Rachel Reeves has proved that strikes pay
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves were adamant that economic growth would be their first priority in government. It is hard…
Peter Hitchens: I invented the ‘left-wing face’
Sitting ducks Sir: James Heale is right to highlight the important question about Rishi Sunak’s replacement (‘Who will lead the…
Riveting and exhilarating: Miss Julie, at Park90, reviewed
Some Demon by Laura Waldren is a gem of a play that examines the techniques of manipulation and bullying practised…
Could Ozempic bankrupt the NHS?
The NHS spends around £6.5 billion every year treating obesity. People who are overweight cost the health service twice as…
The Spectator’s letters page is hazardous
Question time Sir: Your leading article ‘Sense prevails’ (13 April) is a valuable précis of the Cass Review into NHS…
Will I ever get my HRT?
The novelty of living in a place where a policeman called Ambrose lives in a house whose door you can…
I want to see a doctor – not do another NHS survey
Nye Bevan did not make old bones, and perhaps that’s just as well. According to a recent British Social Attitudes…
Common sense prevails in the gender debate
The publication this week of the Cass Review into gender-identity services for young people marks a welcome return to reason…
Are conspiracy theories just conspiracy therapy?
At the Centre for Rare Diseases, the car park was full and lots of people were milling about. I pulled…
Rishi’s smoking ban inspired me to light a cigarette
What has Rishi Sunak’s government achieved in its first year? The highlights include a renegotiated Brexit policy and setting more…
How do I know I’m an adult? I’m given unsolicited feedback
Adulthood was once determined by age, but now we’ve extended childhood far beyond the teenage years. If the government gets its…
Could I be pregnant?
At the age of 59 I thought it was time to get my body thoroughly examined. So last week I…
Why won’t my British friends see a GP?
Having lived in the United Kingdom for almost my whole adult life, I like to think I’m well assimilated. I…
Letters: The Lucy Letby killings shouldn’t mean we lose trust in all NHS managers
Murder mystery Sir: I once made a diagnosis of a very rare condition too late to cure the patient. She…
Why can’t NHS managers spot a serial killer?
No one who has paid any attention to NHS scandals over the past few decades should be at all surprised…
How the Tories plan to take the fight to Labour on the NHS
Brace yourselves for health week. After the rip-roaring success of the government’s ‘stop the boats’ week, you might forgive the…
Testosterone transformed my life. Why won’t GPs prescribe it?
Where’s my testosterone?!
