It's science, Jim, but not as we know itWednesday May 26, 2010Today, you’ve as much chance of finding a scientist like Michael Faraday as stumbling across Kristin Scott Thomas in a bingo hall, says Simon Hills |
Keep Britain free from litter yobs, or face the consequencesMonday April 12, 2010Continuing his Reflections on a Free Society, Simon Hills, associate editor of The Times Magazine, calls for more civic awareness, enforced by the belief that with freedom comes responsibility |
How radical is The Alternative Manifesto?Tuesday April 6, 2010Simon Hills reviews The Alternative Manifesto: A 12-Step Programme to Remake Britain by Eamonn Butler (Gibson Square, £8.99) |
Portraits of a free society: that was then, this is nowMonday March 22, 2010In the second of a series of articles for The Free Society entitled Reflections on a Free Society, Simon Hills, associate editor of The Times Magazine, argues that that the society in which we now live is like a luxury Soviet Union. |
Reflections on a free society - think about itWednesday February 3, 2010The exhortation “Think!” is not just patronising, says Simon Hills, it’s all to do with bossing us around |
Denormalisation: the threat to democracyThursday April 2, 2009What chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson and his ilk are saying, says Simon Hills, is that in order to be a part of society, we have to be just like them |
Licensed to drive very slowlyFriday June 20, 2008Simon Hills presents James Bond, as approved by Liverpool City Council. (Cut to speedo showing 35mph. A speed-camera flashes. Bond is overtaken.) |
Familes need fathers, but do we need this?Monday May 12, 2008Believe it or not, says Simon Hills, fatherhood has been around for some time. So what’s the point of dad.info? |
Meat is murder: time for action on sausages and healthWednesday April 16, 2008The future of the nation is at stake, says Simon Hills. Draconian measures must be introduced, now. |
Warning: is Green the new Red?Monday February 18, 2008The politics are the same, says Simon Hills, it’s just the colour that has changed |