Karen Ingala Smith
Karen Ingala Smith is CEO of nia, a charity supporting women subjected to sexual and domestic violence and abuse, including prostitution; and author of Defending Women’s Spaces. She tweets at @K_IngalaSmith
The sex trade is inherently unsafe
Commodifying women’s bodies perpetuates violence
Playing the long game
Rishi Sunak misjudged the electorate by prioritising tax cuts over the country’s future
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
The afterlife of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko
Reflections on forty years since his death shook communist Poland
David Lammy’s Caucasus catastrophe
The Foreign Secretary’s blunder has exposed the hollowness of “progressive realism”
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
The truth about Notting Hill Carnival
We should be more honest about the dark side of the event
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
Stolen moments
Smoking is a precious social currency in a fast atomising world
British universities should stop using foreign students as a crutch
Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution
Anti-extremism or opportunism?
The UK government should be more careful to distinguish criminal activities from legitimate opinion