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Just think about it...

The considered word, anti-intelligence and a new commercial determinant of health

The writing's on the wall

...and in the courthouse

Picking battles, climbing trees

On (not) saving the world, fighting back…and the joys of a bout of weekend genealogy…

Time for a break?

Last week, I spent a couple of days as a Groundswell rookie.

Dog day dispatches

Mont Blanc, from Col de la Faucille, 12 June 2026 I’m just back from cycling around in a French canicule… A fascinating word that, as I’m sure you’re well aware, derives from the heliacal rising of the Dog Star ( canicula in Latin). According to Hellenistic astrology, this means heat, drought and fever. The dog days of summer… Fifty years ago, to the day, we had the start of ‘The Heatwave of the…

It's (not) on you

The great lifestyle deceit and why we need to re-politicise public health

Transforming food systems

Where is purpose and power?

Kind of blue

Five hundred top public health, food and nutrition scientists and activists, in just two weeks, have signed an open letter to the UNU Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) calling for an immediate reversal of its decision to partner with

Don't feed the vultures!

More reflections on the dietary liberation struggle

Fantasies of Eden...and straw men

Bit late with this…