Róisín Michaux
Róisín Michaux is a reporter who writes at Peaked. She tweets at @roisinmichaux
The EU is refusing to change course on gender
While national governments see sense on gender identity, Brussels goes full-speed ahead
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
Gradually, then suddenly
You don’t expect everything to change until it does
Surrogacy is not a human right
Noble principles are being twisted to prop up an exploitative ideology
Bring back borstals
Antisocial teenagers need structure and discipline before it is too late
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Three pheasants, one Land Rover
Labour’s new war on pheasant shooting is about who gets to decide how England’s land is used
Critical briefing: Belgian Channel crossings
How the geographical spread of Channel crossings has been widening
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
