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
In search of forgotten heroes
The Church has consigned to oblivion those who risked all to end the slave trade
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party
A bleak midwinter
For fans watching QPR struggle for the past two decades, it feels like the club is cursed
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
Is “love is love” only for white people?
The Tories have suddenly discovered the book of Leviticus
Assisted dying and the risk of premature surrender
We should be very wary of the circumvention of true palliative care
Hoorah for winter!
Life comes alive again in October when you can start anticipating proper National Hunt racing
Let’s leave the Commonwealth
There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past