Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd February, 2020) Sergio was working in the avocado orchards when two men suddenly appeared and told him to accompany them to […]
Drugs / Policy / United States / World
A progressive cesspit
Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd February, 2020) Gilles Desaulniers moved to San Francisco 40 years ago, settling in the ‘friendly, quaint and affordable’ city after running […]
Economics / Health / Policy
Blood on their hands
Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th January, 2020) Eighteen months ago, Kevin Sluman was out on his boat trawling for fish in the Bristol Channel, delighted to […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Why are we locking up patients for profit?
Published by UnHerd (15th January, 2020) Claire Greaves was a young woman with anorexia and a personality disorder. She spoke candidly and courageously to broadcasters about her struggles; on […]
Disability / Health / Policy
£445,000 pay rise for fat cat boss of hospitals that failed autistic patients
Published by The Mail on Sunday (29th December, 2019) A private mental health firm has been accused of ‘disgraceful’ behaviour in handing huge pay rises to top executives […]
Drugs / Health / Policy / United States / World
2017: when the US woke up to deaths from despair
Published by UnHerd (26th December, 2019) In the summer of 2017, I found myself in Dayton, Ohio. This friendly and rather nondescript city is famed worldwide as home […]
Economics / Health / Policy
Stop gambling with people’s lives
Published by The i paper (23rd December, 2019) Denise Coates, founder of gambling firm Bet365, has hit the jackpot. She earned £1.3m every day last year, which is […]
Health / Policy
NHS for sale? Too late for many mental health services
Published by The i paper (2nd December, 2019) For much of the time it has seemed only two issues are at stake in this depressing election campaign. The […]
Crime / Policy / Politics
Our prisons are a national disgrace
Published by UnHerd (2nd December, 2019) In 1773, a wealthy businessman named John Howard, appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, was distressed to discover the barbaric treatment of inmates […]
Health / Policy
The NHS is our modern shibboleth
Published by The i paper (25th November, 2019) The comedian Rob Delaney has made a video for Labour about the NHS that has been watched almost five million times on […]