Lucy Hunter Blackburn
Dr Lucy Hunter Blackburn is a former senior civil servant in the Scottish Government. Her roles included Head of Higher Education Division, Head of Reducing Reoffending Division and Director of Policy at Historic Scotland. She co-founded Murray Blackburn Mackenzie
Keir Starmer cannot ignore us
The gender debate is not going to disappear
How trans activists captured the hate crime agenda
The “hate crime” agenda is based on bad policing and worse politics
The revised Scottish Prison Service transgender prisoner policy is not fit for purpose
Any work for bringing it into force should be stopped
Aggers declares — the end of an era
It has been an assured innings, and a long one
Why Trump triumphed
The Democrats had too many self-inflicted disadvantages to overcome
Franco-Irish vigour
Augusta Holmès: Symphonic poems (CPO)
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
A leadership bid you can’t refuse
Kemi Badenoch goes on a charm offensive
More than just noise
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
Office politics
There’s the joker, the slacker, and the bloke who just got fired
A matter of life and death
It is not the job of judges to tell someone that they are wrong for believing in life
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
Is Britain closed for business?
Stacks of extra administration will make it even harder for businesses to turn a profit