Joan Smith
Joan Smith is a novelist, essayist, columnist and campaigner for human rights. Her latest book is Home Grown: How Domestic Violence Turns Men Into Terrorists (riverrun, 2019). She tweets at @polblonde
Prisons must be single-sex spaces
The House of Lords has failed to pass an amendment to ensure female prisoners’ safety
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
Brooding blokes
Russian writers loved a pouting, picturesquely pained protagonist
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
Ozi the Orangutan is no Winnie-the-Pooh
A misguided attack on palm oil production is enough to make you facepalm
Riddle of the Pylons
Intrigue, invasion and romance blossom in Lincolnshire
A manifesto for the fun police state
The IPPR recommendations would do more harm to your freedoms than good for your health
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
It is good to challenge kids
That which makes us anxious can also make us strong