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Science or Snake Oil: Will the NHS Puberty Blocker Trial Harm More Than It Helps?
The Illusion of Proof: Confirmation bias and the Lucy Letby Case
What would an ethical clinical trial into puberty blockers look like?
Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 2
Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 1
Brighton Sceptics and the Reece’s Pieces
Getting AI to write a Thesis on Transgender and Non-binary Archaeology.
The Muddling of the American Mind – Part II
Science or Snake Oil: Will the NHS Puberty Blocker Trial Harm More Than It Helps?
The Illusion of Proof: Confirmation bias and the Lucy Letby Case
What would an ethical clinical trial into puberty blockers look like?
Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 2
Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 1
Brighton Sceptics and the Reece’s Pieces
Getting AI to write a Thesis on Transgender and Non-binary Archaeology.
The Muddling of the American Mind – Part II
  • Science or Snake Oil: Will the NHS Puberty Blocker Trial Harm More Than It Helps?

  • The Illusion of Proof: Confirmation bias and the Lucy Letby Case

  • Sex and Gender

    Tribal Scepticism

    Andy L 3rd January, 2020
  • Sex and Gender

    On the existence of females

    Andy L 8th June, 2020
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    Have Homeopaths Reached Peak Stupid?

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    Andy L 21st November, 2014
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    What the Steiner Waldorf School Movement did not want you to read.

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    Andy L 14th June, 2013
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    Steiner Schools and Risk Factors for Child Abuse

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    Andy L 5th November, 2012
6th September, 2013
Bad Charity

Kevin Wright and the Cancer Charities that Harm Children.

A month ago, I saw two young men in Bristol Temple Meads Station collecting money…

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Andy L
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12th August, 2013
Rudolf Steiner

The Inspection of Steiner Schools

Last week, it was reported that pupils at Ringwood Waldorf School, a private Steiner School,…

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Andy L
215 Comments
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4th July, 2013
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An Unacceptable Response from the BBC

I have received a reply from the BBC to my complaint that BBC Radio London…

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Andy L
20 Comments
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14th June, 2013
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What the Steiner Waldorf School Movement did not want you to read.

Earlier this month, Grégoire Perra was finally acquitted in a French court after the Federation of…

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Andy L
140 Comments
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3rd June, 2013
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William Alderson Hung Out to Dry by Homeopaths

The desire for homeopaths to obtain state-recognised legitimacy has been tearing the trade apart for a decade…

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Andy L
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21st May, 2013
BBC Media

BBC Devon Promotes Dangerously Deluded HIV Homeopaths in Africa

[caption id="attachment_168059" align="alignleft" width="298"] BBC Radio Devon - Judi Spiers Show[/caption] Last week, BBC London…

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Andy L
17 Comments
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17th May, 2013
BBC

BBC London 94.9 Barking Hour Lives Up to its Name

[caption id="attachment_168058978" align="alignleft" width="233"] BBC The Barking Hour with Joanne Good &  Anna Webb[/caption] Yesterday,…

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Andy L
16 Comments
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8th May, 2013
homeopathy regulation

Society of Homeopaths Seeks Accreditation from the Professional Standards Authority

Health regulators do an important thing: protect the public from the potential risks that health…

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Andy L
27 Comments
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26th April, 2013
Rudolf Steiner

Steiner Schools, Vaccination and Measles Outbreaks

The UK is currently experiencing outbreaks of measles. Many children have been hospitalised and there…

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Andy L
182 Comments
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17th April, 2013
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Homeopaths Embrace Vaccination Against Measles – Or Do They?

  There is no general reason why a child in the UK should suffer measles.…

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Andy L
53 Comments
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