Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Christopher John Snowdon is an author and freelance journalist based in the UK. He writes for Sp!ked and other publications. He is particularly known as a vocal opponent of Government intervention in matters such as alcohol and obesity; his Twitter biography states that he is "not that keen on the nanny state" . He is also a research fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs.Snowdon was born in North Yorkshire in 1976 and studied history at Lancaster University, graduating in 1998.His first book, Velvet Glove, Iron Fist (2009), is a history of anti-smoking activity from the 15th century to the present day. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 56 libraries His second book, The Spirit Level Delusion: Fact-checking the Left's New Theory of Everything (2010), is a response to and critique of The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better.His third book is The Art of Suppression: Pleasure, Panic and Prohibition since 1800 (2011).Snowdon's critics allege proximity to industry interests, and have also documented repeated polemical attacks on established scientists."@en }
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- Christopher_Snowdon abstract "Christopher John Snowdon is an author and freelance journalist based in the UK. He writes for Sp!ked and other publications. He is particularly known as a vocal opponent of Government intervention in matters such as alcohol and obesity; his Twitter biography states that he is "not that keen on the nanny state" . He is also a research fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs.Snowdon was born in North Yorkshire in 1976 and studied history at Lancaster University, graduating in 1998.His first book, Velvet Glove, Iron Fist (2009), is a history of anti-smoking activity from the 15th century to the present day. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 56 libraries His second book, The Spirit Level Delusion: Fact-checking the Left's New Theory of Everything (2010), is a response to and critique of The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better.His third book is The Art of Suppression: Pleasure, Panic and Prohibition since 1800 (2011).Snowdon's critics allege proximity to industry interests, and have also documented repeated polemical attacks on established scientists.".