@lauradodsworth
Writer, photographer, commentator. Author of Free Your Mind and A State of Fear and the Bare Reality series.
Why Budapest Beats London - by Laura Dodsworth
Why Budapest Beats London - by Laura Dodsworth
I used to be one of those English people.
Eat Like Grandma Again – America Reclaims Its Food Pyramid
Eat Like Grandma Again – America Reclaims Its Food Pyramid
Last week I wrote about Seven Things to be Happy About This New Year. Thanks to President Trump, we now have an eighth: the new dietary guidelines for Americans.
Seven Things to be Happy About This New Year
Seven Things to be Happy About This New Year
You might have noticed that in 2025 I found myself giving in to the typical railing at the state of the nation.
The sniff test - by Laura Dodsworth - The Free Mind
The sniff test - by Laura Dodsworth - The Free Mind
What we can learn about human psychology from pet dogs
Eighteen Days to Die. - by Laura Dodsworth - The Free Mind
Eighteen Days to Die. - by Laura Dodsworth - The Free Mind
How we lost respect for life, from birth to death and beyond.
Sky News Invents a Christian Crisis. - by Laura Dodsworth
Sky News Invents a Christian Crisis. - by Laura Dodsworth
A look at Sky’s moral panic, the Church of England’s political drift and why Catholics and Evangelicals are filling the pews.
They’re driving us mad, we’re rolling our eyes and the Sharia paradox — my dispatch from the frontlines of modern madness
They’re driving us mad, we’re rolling our eyes and the Sharia paradox — my dispatch from the frontlines of modern madness
The slow road to nowhere
Date Night and One Battle After Another - The Free Mind
Date Night and One Battle After Another - The Free Mind
When the chief conversation during Date Night is how expensive Date Night is, you know the cost of living has truly arrived at your front door.
Croydon, Ceasefire Now, the ‘Trump cut’, Meloni's burqa ban and Afghan poetry - My dispatch from the frontlines of modern madness
Croydon, Ceasefire Now, the ‘Trump cut’, Meloni's burqa ban and Afghan poetry - My dispatch from the frontlines of modern madness
Croydon
7 October: Witnessing evil and standing for truth
7 October: Witnessing evil and standing for truth
Was Keir Starmer’s Latest Speech Written by AI?
Was Keir Starmer’s Latest Speech Written by AI?
Keir Starmer took to the stage at the Labour conference and delivered a speech that, frankly, sounded — and read — like it was drafted by AI, in a word salad mash up of Yes, Minister’s Sir Humphry an…
Brit Card to Brit Cage. - by Laura Dodsworth
Brit Card to Brit Cage. - by Laura Dodsworth
Is the UK’s digital ID a passport to totalitarianism?
Assisted Suicide — Will we be nudged towards death?
Assisted Suicide — Will we be nudged towards death?
Are we at a turning point? - by Laura Dodsworth
Are we at a turning point? - by Laura Dodsworth
Can the murder of Charlie Kirk change the world?
Ban the Burqa - by Laura Dodsworth - The Free Mind
Ban the Burqa - by Laura Dodsworth - The Free Mind
On the beach in Turkey this summer, I was struck by how much burqinis resemble condoms.
The Rise of Vexillophobia: fear of the flag is this nation's greatest malady.
The Rise of Vexillophobia: fear of the flag is this nation's greatest malady.
I recently returned from holiday.
Good jeans, bad news. When beauty triggers wokies more than terrorism.
Good jeans, bad news. When beauty triggers wokies more than terrorism.
It was hard to know what to write about this week.
Labour’s Teen Vote Gamble: Doomed to backfire if TikTok is anything to go by.
Labour’s Teen Vote Gamble: Doomed to backfire if TikTok is anything to go by.
The Labour government has made a snap decision to lower the voting age to 16.
The Concept of English Ethnicity is not Evil
The Concept of English Ethnicity is not Evil
“The concept of ethnic English is truly evil.” — tweeted John McTernan, political commentator and former Political Secretary to Tony Blair, on X.
Another Day in the Death Cult
Another Day in the Death Cult
The UK establishment is becoming increasingly committed to what looks uncomfortably like a death cult.
Computer says no
Computer says no
Taxing Us Dry
Taxing Us Dry
The Vanishing Mother - thoughts before Mother’s Day
The Vanishing Mother - thoughts before Mother’s Day
Hospices at Risk: The Unintended Consequences of the Assisted Dying Bill
Hospices at Risk: The Unintended Consequences of the Assisted Dying Bill
Revisiting the Numbers: Professor Simon Wood on the statistical flaws of the UK’s Covid response.
Revisiting the Numbers: Professor Simon Wood on the statistical flaws of the UK’s Covid response.
The Ghoulish Haste of the Assisted Dying Bill
The Ghoulish Haste of the Assisted Dying Bill
The Devouring Mother After Divorce
The Devouring Mother After Divorce
Keir Starmer’s Call to Arms: Why should we trust a government that has failed us at home?
Keir Starmer’s Call to Arms: Why should we trust a government that has failed us at home?
The business of fear and the unelected psychocrats
The business of fear and the unelected psychocrats
The Murder of the Bibas Family: a crime that shames humanity
The Murder of the Bibas Family: a crime that shames humanity
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
From Bugs in Bread to Brainwashing Kids: The Great Climate Fear Factory
From Bugs in Bread to Brainwashing Kids: The Great Climate Fear Factory
The BBC’s Blind Spot on Vaccine Hesitancy
The BBC’s Blind Spot on Vaccine Hesitancy
What Porn Has Done to Us: Fantasies, Crimes, and a World Without Boundaries
What Porn Has Done to Us: Fantasies, Crimes, and a World Without Boundaries
Why Following Your Ex (or Their New Partner) Online is a Terrible Idea
Why Following Your Ex (or Their New Partner) Online is a Terrible Idea
We Need A Cognitive Freedom Movement
We Need A Cognitive Freedom Movement
In Our Lifetime: Reflections on Change.
In Our Lifetime: Reflections on Change.
Rebel Hearts: a second marriage is the ultimate counter-cultural statement
Rebel Hearts: a second marriage is the ultimate counter-cultural statement
The Three Rs of Fear Messaging in a Global Pandemic: Recommendations, Ramifications and Remediation.
The Three Rs of Fear Messaging in a Global Pandemic: Recommendations, Ramifications and Remediation.
The rise in suicide
The rise in suicide
FGM and sex reassignment surgery are two sides of the same coin.
FGM and sex reassignment surgery are two sides of the same coin.
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