Brendan O'Neill

is editor of spiked. He has written for The Spectator, New Statesman, The Guardian, Christian Science Monitor, Slate and Salon.

Mia Farrow and the perils of the Darfur diet

Celebrity hunger strikes are nothing more than self-promoting detox programmes that ignore the facts

First Posted May 12, 2009

Sensationalised coverage has made the British media a laughing stock

First Posted May 6, 2009

The Guardian is guilty of the pornography of death with its repetition of images of the news vendor's end

First Posted April 24, 2009

Public policy should not be determined by pandering to victims' grieving relations, argues Brendan O'Neill

First Posted March 2, 2009

Only authoritarian regimes use drugs to sedate people. So why is the cannabis lobby promoting the same idea?

First Posted February 19, 2009

Apparently it's alright for journalists to write about their cancer, but not for a 'chav' reality TV star

First Posted February 6, 2009

Battle of the Blogosphere sees both sides in conflict claim hoax videos show enemy's beastliness

First Posted January 12, 2009

A misanthropic dinner party elite wants to see the human race decimated by disease - as long as it doesn't affect them

First Posted November 14, 2008