Rupert Wolfe-Murray

I got my first BlackBerry about three months ago. I decided to get one because a journalist convinced me how useful they were and Orange made me an offer I couldn't refuse - an almost free phone in exchange for a reasonable monthly subscription.

Immediately I was hooked. Gmail works...

Drugs and alcohol are getting a lot of airtime these days - David Cameron recently launched his new Alcohol Strategy and Sir Richard Branson leads the charge against the so-called War on Drugs. There is more debate on these issues than there has been for years.

At issue...

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Ever since someone came for treatment for compulsive gambling at the addiction rehab clinic where I work, I have wanted to find out more about this type of addiction. But therapists are a priestly lot when it comes to talking about their patients and the rules about confidentiality...

My introduction to the sex addiction issue was recent and rather brutish. I came across an article in the Daily Telegraph's blog with this provocative title: "Sex addicts should drop the psychobabble and admit that they're just promiscuous losers". Brendan O'Neil, the author of the piece, says "there...

Health reform is perhaps the most divisive issue in Britain's government. Tory plans to re-structure the NHS has the potential to rip the coalition apart, but David Cameron is standing behind his beleaguered Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley.

But there is another health issue that the Prime Minister and the Health...

A growing number of people say that cannabis should be legalised and there are many compelling arguments for this: cannabis can help the elderly and infirm dull their pain, taxing it would divert profits from the mafia to the state and many say that tobacco and alcohol are worse.

In...