sexual abuse
The woman that fought back
Aileen Wuornos asked me for help. She didn’t deserve to die
Grooming gangs at the end of history
Sexual abuse can upend all of our convenient narratives
I did my job on the rape gangs, actually
The root of the grooming gangs scandal is misogyny
An abuser hiding in plain sight
There was shock when a feted theatre director turned out to be a paedophile who collected child rape porn but were the clues there all along?
Coolness and cancellation
We should not just people with problematic pasts by how much we like their work
Beware the false victim
History shows the folly of insisting that certain classes of people can do no wrong
Naked stupidity
Blurring the boundaries between childhood and adult sexuality endangers children
Child sexual abuse and the seal of confession
New legislation will not help children
Women’s refuges should be exactly that
Biological males do not have a right to them
Don’t let politics obscure the horrors of grooming gangs
Just because a Tory said it doesn’t mean it’s not true
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
A country at war with itself
Washington politics can
best be understood through the history
of bitter factional in-fi ghting within both
the Democratic and Republican parties
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
How procedure is enabling petty criminals
We should support workers who confront criminals
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski