I know I shouldn’t ask this, but is cocaine really that addictive?
Cocaine addiction is a dreadful thing. I’ve seen it so many times: bright, once-pretty people with washed-out grey faces who…
We don’t think of highly gifted people as mentally disabled. Perhaps we should
I’m intrigued by this recent study suggesting that intellectual gifts and learning disabilities, far from lying on opposite ends of a…
Eight remastered classical recordings you need to hear
In the magazine this week I’ve written about spectacular new advances in the art of remastering vintage classical recordings. Many…
Look at this cheap trick the Tories tried to play on me
‘Mansion Tax Revaluation Information’, said the letter that came through my letterbox, in an envelope that screamed ‘council’ or ‘taxman’…
Muslims, Jews and Christians use identical twins to ‘prove’ homosexuality isn’t genetic
The subject of identical twins has been on my mind ever since I read a magnificently creepy thriller called Ice…
America declares war on e-cigarettes. But it’s an ideological battle, not a medical one
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention have launched a wildly expensive campaign against e-cigarettes because… well, I can’t really…
Cardinal Nichols attempts to silence faithful priests. This will backfire
[Update: On looking more closely at the list of priests, I’m astonished by some of the names I see there –…
Edward Stourton just can’t stop bashing the bishop
I’ll keep this brief, but can the BBC please replace Ed Stourton as presenter of Radio 4’s Sunday programme? He is…
Keith O’Brien stripped of the rank of cardinal – an extraordinary disgrace for the Scottish Church
Keith O’Brien, former Cardinal Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, was today stripped of the rank of cardinal by Pope Francis.…
Solved at last: the mystery of David Cameron’s generous waistline
Why is the Prime Minister inviting everyone into his kitchen, asks Isabel Hardman. Good question. Doesn’t he realise that for…
Ritalin is a fun drug. That’s why it’s crazy to be handing it out to millions of kids
The weekend brought yet another warning by an American website about Ritalin. Addiction.org wants people to know about the dangers of…
Plain cigarette packs will help Isis, says Tory MP. Somebody buy this man a tin-foil hat
A Tory MP called Brian Binley has written an article suggesting that plain cigarette packs – which the House of Commons…
Francis backs Pell’s reforms: centuries of expense-fiddling at the Vatican are brought to an end
Phew! I was worried that the smear campaign against Cardinal George Pell mounted by the pigs at the Vatican trough…
The hit job on Cardinal Pell was inevitable: he’s cleaning out the Vatican stables
Ever since Cardinal George Pell was appointed by Pope Francis to clean up the Vatican’s finances, I knew a hit…
‘Smoking kills, nicotine doesn’t’: a huge boost for campaigners who say e-cigs save lives
Dr Derek Yach has done more than any man alive to eradicate smoking. A former professor of global health at…
Tristram Hunt and nuns: an anti-Catholic snob lets his guard slip
Question Time last night. My colleague Cristina Odone of the Legatum Institute is explaining that ‘some of the most inspiring…
Oftsed’s campaign against Christian schools: now Gove is gone, the Blob is back
When Ofsted inspectors allegedy asked primary-age girls at Grindon Hall Christian School, Sunderland, whether they knew what lesbians did in…
Catholics must not breed like rabbits, says the Pope. Yes, you read that right
Catholics should not breed like rabbits and gender theory is a bit like the Hitler Youth. Yup, the Supreme Pontiff…
Communion for divorced Catholics: the German bishops twisting Pope Francis’s arm
Just before Christmas, virtually unnoticed by the media, the German Catholic bishops made a plea for the readmission of divorced…
Pope Francis: despite the glowing headlines, the jury is still out
How many of Pope Francis’s spiritual diseases do you suffer from? The pontiff laid out no fewer than 15 of them…
Memo to the Scottish Catholic bishops: stop sucking up to the SNP
The Most Rev Philip Tartaglia, Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow, is at it again: There is a feeling around that we…
Cardinal Pell: ‘hundreds of millions of euros’ were hidden away in the Vatican
Cardinal George Pell, the Australian prelate charged by Pope Francis with cleaning up the Vatican’s murky finances, has decided to speak bluntly about…
What is the truth about Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor and ‘Team Bergoglio’?
A couple of days ago John Bingham, the excellent religious affairs editor of the Telegraph, broke a story that is…
Pope Francis and ‘the Great Division’: the Catholic civil war draws closer
In the magazine a couple of weeks ago I asked if we were in the early stages of a Catholic…
A hard-Left anarchist tears into Isis and its liberal apologists. Blimey
Update: He’s called Martin Wright and you can see a clip of him speaking here at a Class War event in…
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