James Le Fanu

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How not to defeat Aids

  • 15 May 2008
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The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels and the Business of Aids
Elizabeth Pisani
Granta Books, 288pp, £17.99

Dish the dirt and keep healthy

  • 03 July 2000

Bureaucrats always want to introduce more stringent hygiene regulations.James Le Fanu argues that cleanliness may not be as good for us as they think

Proud to be ignorant

  • 07 February 2000

The Dome, like the poll tax, shows that our rulers are suspicious of experts. They should shed their prejudice, advises James Le Fanu

Stop all this fuss about our genes

  • 13 December 1999

The decoding of human chromosome 22 has been hailed as more important than splitting the atom. James Le Fanu is not so impressed

Behind the great plastic duck panic

  • 22 November 1999

Greenpeace says toys and garden hoses are bad for you. Nonsense, arguesJames Le Fanu

What price a cure for the flu?

  • 01 November 1999

Relenza costs too much, says Frank Dobson; Glaxo Wellcome begs to differ. James Le Fanu wonders how the drug companies are going to stay in profit

Why doctors should admit their ignorance

  • 14 June 1999

Experts say too little milk, too much milk and a smart wife all make you ill. Don't listen, advises James Le Fanu

Was Two-Brains one too many?

  • 26 February 1999

The BBC, the universities, the NHS: the Tories wrecked them all. James Le Fanu argues that David Willetts should come clean and take the blame

Tiananmen Square

20 years on

Desperately seeking democracy

Nina Power

Newspeak's legacy

Bamboozle, baffle and blindside

Television

Simon Schama

Simplistic Simon says: “Look at me, everyone!”

Theatre

Liberal guilt

Watch out for the bleeding-heart liberal

Vernon Bogdanor

Worse than Profumo

End of the party

Nicky Wire

The way I see it

Nicky Wire: The way I see it

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Will China rule the world?

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