<![CDATA[The Free Mind: The Vanguard]]>https://www.thefreemind.co.uk/s/the-vanguardhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z98K!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fafc7b4b0-76f7-4342-832c-d3064e0137f5_1280x1280.pngThe Free Mind: The Vanguardhttps://www.thefreemind.co.uk/s/the-vanguardSubstackMon, 20 Apr 2026 09:20:51 GMT<![CDATA[Revisiting the Numbers: Professor Simon Wood on the statistical flaws of the UK’s Covid response.]]>https://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/revisiting-the-numbers-professorhttps://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/revisiting-the-numbers-professorSat, 15 Mar 2025 08:00:41 GMT

Simon Wood works as a professor of statistics at the University of Edinburgh. After training in physics he worked on the sort of biological models that featured so prominently in the government's Cov…

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]]><![CDATA[‘A Window Into Ladybird Land’ — The Nostalgic World of Helen Day]]>https://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/a-window-into-ladybird-land-the-nostalgichttps://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/a-window-into-ladybird-land-the-nostalgicSat, 14 Dec 2024 08:01:27 GMT

Helen Day, curator of The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Artists, has written about Ladybird books for national newspapers, Royal Mail, the BBC, and has made numerous radio and TV appearances. Her f…

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]]><![CDATA[An interview with Brendan O'Neill about how the West failed the ultimate moral test.]]>https://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/an-interview-with-brendan-oneillhttps://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/an-interview-with-brendan-oneillSat, 05 Oct 2024 07:01:36 GMT

Brendan O’Neill is the chief political writer of spiked and host of the weekly podcast, The Brendan O’Neill Show. He also writes for the Spectator, the Daily Mail and others. His books include After …

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]]><![CDATA[Woke Waste: Uncovering the Price of Public Absurdity.]]>https://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/woke-waste-uncovering-the-price-ofhttps://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/woke-waste-uncovering-the-price-ofTue, 24 Sep 2024 07:00:11 GMTLaura Dodsworth’s The Free Mind goes to over 15,000 subscribers in 117 countries each week. Become a paid supporter to access every article and support independent writing.

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]]><![CDATA[An interview with William Clouston, leader of the SDP.]]>https://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/an-interview-with-william-cloustonhttps://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/an-interview-with-william-cloustonSat, 22 Jun 2024 07:01:25 GMTLaura Dodsworth’s The Free Mind goes to over 14,000 subscribers in 111 countries each week. Become a paid supporter to access every article and support independent writing.

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]]><![CDATA[Beverley Turner on conspiracy theories and the importance of knowing what you stand for.]]>https://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/beverly-turner-on-conspiracy-theorieshttps://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/beverly-turner-on-conspiracy-theoriesTue, 04 Jun 2024 07:01:00 GMTLaura Dodsworth’s The Free Mind goes to 14,000 subscribers in 109 countries each week. Become a paid supporter to access every article and support independent writing.

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]]><![CDATA['Life is wonderful and death enhances it,' says Simon Ferrar, natural burial advocate.]]>https://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/simon-ferrer-advocate-of-naturalhttps://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/simon-ferrer-advocate-of-naturalTue, 07 May 2024 07:00:41 GMTLaura Dodsworth’s The Free Mind goes to 13,000 subscribers in 109 countries each week. Become a paid supporter to access every article and support independent writing.

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]]><![CDATA[Zoe Clews on the fantastical powers of hypnotherapy.]]>https://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/zoe-clews-on-the-fantastical-powershttps://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/zoe-clews-on-the-fantastical-powersSat, 13 Apr 2024 07:00:45 GMT

Zoe Clews, hypnotherapist, businesswoman, trauma specialist & Founder of Zoe Clews & Associates in London.  

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]]><![CDATA[Lionel Shriver on social manias, epiphanies, being ornery and wishing her own IQ was higher.]]>https://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/lionel-shriver-on-social-manias-epiphanieshttps://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/lionel-shriver-on-social-manias-epiphaniesTue, 02 Apr 2024 07:01:29 GMT

Lionel Shriver is the bestselling author of fifteen novels, including the Orange Prize–winner We Need to Talk About Kevin, and a prolific journalist currently with a fortnightly column in Britain’s T…

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]]><![CDATA[Dan Wootton on his fall from grace, friendship and a fresh start]]>https://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/dan-wootton-on-his-fall-from-gracehttps://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/dan-wootton-on-his-fall-from-graceFri, 15 Mar 2024 16:31:12 GMT

Dan Wootton now runs his own independent media platform Outspoken on Substack, with a daily news and opinion show of the same name launching later this year. He was previously the host of Dan Wootton…

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]]><![CDATA[An interview with Dr Roger McFillin, a radically different clinical psychologist.]]>https://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/an-interview-with-dr-roger-mcfillinhttps://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/an-interview-with-dr-roger-mcfillinTue, 05 Mar 2024 08:00:27 GMT

Roger K. McFillin, Psy.D., ABPP  is a Clinical Psychologist, writer, and host of the internationally popular “Radically Genuine Podcast with Dr. Roger McFillin". He is Board Certified in Behavioral a…

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]]><![CDATA[An interview with Emma Webb]]>https://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/an-interview-with-emma-webbhttps://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/an-interview-with-emma-webbTue, 06 Feb 2024 08:01:24 GMT
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Emma Webb is a writer and broadcaster. She was the founding director of the Common Sense Society in the United Kingdom, and is an on-air contributor (and sometimes presenter)…

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]]><![CDATA[Stephanie Davies-Arai ]]>https://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/stephanie-davies-araihttps://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/stephanie-davies-araiTue, 02 Jan 2024 08:00:18 GMT

Stephanie Davies-Arai founded Transgender Trend in 2015 to advocate for evidence- based healthcare for children with gender-related distress, and science-based teaching in schools. She was shortliste…

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]]><![CDATA[Stuart Mitchell]]>https://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/stuart-mitchellhttps://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/stuart-mitchellTue, 19 Dec 2023 08:00:25 GMT

Stuart Mitchell is a current affairs photographer based in London. He has been at the heart of events surrounding Brexit, the 2020 US election and most recently the Israel/Palestine protests in Londo…

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]]><![CDATA[Professor Norman Fenton]]>https://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/professor-norman-fentonhttps://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/professor-norman-fentonTue, 05 Dec 2023 08:00:31 GMT

Norman Fenton is Professor Emeritus of Risk at Queen Mary University of London (retired as Full Professor Dec 2022), he’s a mathematician by training and his current focus is on quantifying risk and …

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]]><![CDATA[Peter Hitchens]]>https://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/peter-hitchenshttps://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/peter-hitchensTue, 31 Oct 2023 08:00:25 GMT

Welcome to The Vanguard! Each month I interview someone fascinating at the forefront of their field.

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]]><![CDATA[Oli London]]>https://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/oli-londonhttps://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/oli-londonTue, 03 Oct 2023 07:00:59 GMT

Welcome to The Vanguard! Each month I interview someone fascinating at the forefront of their field.

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]]><![CDATA[Toby Young]]>https://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/toby-younghttps://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/toby-youngTue, 05 Sep 2023 06:30:07 GMT

Welcome to the first edition of The Vanguard! Each month I interview someone fascinating at the forefront of their field.

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