Public health proposals too often come with unintended consequences or simply fail to address the true problem

From cheap overseas holidays and cool Britannia to the rise of the gastropub, balsamic glaze was a middle-class staple that became an icon of the 1990s

Research has been debunking these suspect theories since the 1970s, yet still the negative associations persist

The idea that objective reality will help people come to some kind of agreement is nice—but flawed

Our penal system is not geared towards rehabilitation and further brutalises already damaged people. It’s a truth we don’t want to face.

Ancient stories, whether we know them or not, have a kind of purchase in our consciousness. Just look at how our culture portrays stepmothers...

I had wanted isolation but when I found it, it had frightened me.

Johnson was far from the first to promise them

"When the plane touches down, John gives me a sweet smile. 'I’ve done it,' he says"