Rare victory for rational regulation
The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) ruled against a Christian billboard today that insinuated that magic ‘blessed oils’ would cure your…

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The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) ruled against a Christian billboard today that insinuated that magic ‘blessed oils’ would cure your…
It was great to see Richard again yesterday and introduce him at the event sponsored by the BHA and organised…
It really is shocking that such a place can exist today. Read my reaction below- ‘We believe Noah’s Ark Farm Zoo misleads…
Pupils want it, there’s good evidence that it reduces rates of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, and it teaches…
Difficult question on Comment is Free at the moment about Religious Education (RE) in schools in England – mainly difficult…
Had a good evening yesterday with Padraig Ready and Neil Denny at Little Atoms when I went in to do…
Spoke last night at a debate organised at University College for a proposition that I had never debated before: ‘God…
H J Blackham was an amazing man and my obituary of him appears in today’s Guardian on page 34 –…