Emily Wheater
Emily Wheater is a final year PhD student in neuroscience on a Wellcome Trust funded program at the University of Edinburgh. She can be found on twitter at @EWheater
The child trans judgement is a step in the right direction
The ruling that under 16s should be assumed unable to consent to puberty blockers means that this unregulated experiment may finally be drawing to a close
Transitioning to a medical scandal
Emily Wheater and Ellen Pasternack say the gender change lobby is failing young people who change their mind
A rebel advance in Syria is nothing to cheer
You don’t have to sympathise with Assad to think that the alternative would be worse
Ireland must accept the Cass Review
The Republic is ignoring the disturbing evidence about youth transition
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
The empty road to serfdom
“Vision Zero” is a tyrannical anti-driving dream
British libel laws are a SLAPP in the face to press freedom
We need major liberalisation of libel law
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
A cruel choice
Today’s euthanasia bill risks sending Britain down a dark path
The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?