It is a commonplace of left and right that global markets are rendering national economies ungovernable. Unconstrained markets are said to increase wealth while polarising its distribution and...

One in four cancer patients suffers unnecessarily painful death because the medical profession is still reluctant to prescribe morphine-mistakenly viewed as a dangerous addictive drug. John McVicar...

The camp liturgical dance, which has led the Anglican church through a decade of conflict, scandal and humiliation, finally appears to be over. Andrew Brown gives two cheers for the arrival of George...

Europe's welfare states are squeezed between rising demand and the declining readiness of taxpayers to finance it. The result is big deficits, slow growth, and dissatisfaction with the welfare...

Ulyanovsk is a sleepy town on the Volga, but for over half a century it was a bustling shrine dedicated to its most famous son-Lenin. Robert Haupt took a river boat to the town in search of what...

The medical profession has established beyond doubt that high cholesterol contributes to heart disease. What it won't accept is that low cholesterol can be dangerous too-causing violent and suicidal...

Dear Roy, When we spoke on the phone, you suggested that it was my duty, as an "addict and advocate" of Prozac, to start off this correspondence. I'm not sure that I can produce the cheer-leaderly...

Belief in the paranormal is commonplace, even among hard-headed rationalists. But Nicholas Humphrey says there is no point weighing the evidence for and against miracles, clairvoyance or...

Multi-party democracy has scored few successes since it swept through sub-Saharan Africa five years ago. Imposed by western aid donors, it has failed to alleviate corruption, tribalism and civil war....

As monogamy becomes the global norm, so does sexual betrayal. Surveys show that more than 70 per cent of married people report at least one affair. Does infidelity remedy the deficiencies of the...