Soham Murders: How we keep missing the point
Institutionalised incompetence about sexual abuse freed up Ian Huntley The death of Ian Huntley not only revives the grotesque killing of his victims, best friends…
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Melanie Gill: Witch Hunt?
We cannot afford to proceed on the blinkered assumption that there have been no miscarriages of justice in the family justice system. This is something…
The Thick of It
When the Prime Minister announced that West Midlands police were ‘wrong’ to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending the Aston Villa Europa Cup match on…
Without Her Knowledge: The Politics Of The Gaze
More than 30,000 pictures and videos were taken by Dominique Pelicot of his wife, middle aged French woman Gisele Pelicot, without her clothes on, without…
Out and Out Betrayal
Bravo Ruth Davidson – the first openly gay political party leader in the UK, former leader of the Scottish Tories, former Member of the Scottish…
Hilary Benn – Thinking About War
The Parliamentary debate on bombing IS/Daesh in Syria was brought to an intense and rousing conclusion by Hilary Benn, Shadow Foreign Secretary. It was Benn…
RIP Maya Angelou
I am a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me. ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ — Maya’s revolutionary book about abuse, adversity, segregation and poetic…
Wellies and Wisdom: How the Light Gets In
Back home. Mud to show for a mind-expanding sojourn at the HowTheLightGetsIn Festival at Hay, a parallel event to the annual book jamboree that takes…
End of Equality
A book you have been waiting for! A book that joins the dots between neoliberalism and sexism, between equal pay, war zones, the veil, The…
Rape: Getting Away With It
In the aftermath of yet another woman’s death, following yet another rape trial acquittal, The Independent reported yet another scandal — hapless investigation and prosecution…