Health
I Can’t Accept “Fat Pride”
‘Every time I talk to my brother, I wonder if it is for the last time…He is actually eating himself to death’
The Operation That Can Ruin Your Life
Sex-change treatment for children is abuse and some transsexuals regret having it
‘Living Wills’ Leave Patients to Die
“When in doubt, treat” used to be the rule for doctors. Not any more
Pull the Plug on Grandma
‘I’m hereby volunteering to save everyone a bundle and throw in the towel on my last two years’
South Africa: The ANC’S Health Lesson for Obama
Health care reform is one of the hardest things in politics. If Obama may be heading for defeat or a bloody draw, this is nothing compared to what awaits the ANC as it attempts to force through its National Health Insurance scheme.
Sick Note
Dignitas’ new scheme is based on the misconception that mental illness is a terminal illness
Burnt Out
The smoking ban has managed to make the once-cool habit look anti-social and silly
Not a Tall Order
Growing numbers of men are over six foot and have to endure painfully small train seats. The modernisers of our railways must heed their cries
A Strange Rush for the Exit
In a world where life appears to be getting better, why are we in the grip of a suicide epidemic?
The Dying of the Light
A German novelist reflects on his time working at a home for the mentally ill, and the moral dilemmas surrounding euthanasia that have shaped his writing life
Majority rule; minority rights
It is folly to treat UK race relations as totally divorced from the rest of human experience. We need to look at the larger global picture
American revolutions: Rewriting the language of the unheard
‘Dissenting viewpoints — for example, the belief that America is not an intrinsically racist country—are shunned as further proof of racist pathologies’
The favourites
From Piers Gaveston onwards, controversial courtiers have a long history in British politics.How unusual is Dominic Cummings?