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Today's new research which shows that one in ten people going into hospital are harmed by the experience is actually not a surprise. It...

I was perched up in the gallery for the hustings, the first one I've actually managed to go to, and was excited by the sheer competence ...

At long last, there is a study by an economist of the likely effects of the government's exhumation of the nuclear industry, and it is w...

There really is something sick about the idea that we can boost the UK economy by concreting over six schools and one whole village, and dem...

I’m not sure I’ve got the hang of this blogging business yet. There is so much to respond to – people even ask me what I think and I never ...

I went to see Elizabeth: The Golden Age last night, a rare night out from the toddlers. Cate Blanchett is extraordinary and clearly the day...

Of all the risks that keep me awake at night about my children, I can’t say I have ever felt the fear clutch my throat and say: “Oh my God, ...