Trans Rights
The great birth certificate debate
Gender critical feminists were divided on the question of lesbian parentage
The case against case-by-case
Women’s rights must be clearly and consistently defined
Who took the SO out of SOGI?
The UN bumbles on gender identity
Trans rights and wrongs
There is more than one definition of a “right”
Ministers must grasp the nettle on equality law
It needs greater clarity on sex and gender
The failure of normative power
You can’t always legislate around disagreement
The ECHR is out of control
The Strasbourg court has waged a decades long crusade against national sovereignty and traditional values
Low standards
Institutions should reject WPATH advice
We are failing rape victims
The vulnerable are sacrificed to indulge the entitled
Labour of love?
A year in the life of a “TERF” Labour Party Women’s Officer
The Foreign Office should be rooted in the past
Who and what is it for, if not the British people, and our history and culture?
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
A decade of economic disaster
Only one verdict is possible: Conservative rule has been a comprehensive failure
Who are universities for?
Research is important — but serving the needs and desires of students matters more
This is not where I live at all
Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture
A sound of Rowling thunder
Scotland’s government and police seem determined to turn themselves into a laughing stock
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
The public health fanatics have a new enemy in their sights
Retail politics
Beware a politician who has a book to sell
Dial S for screen time
These middle-class tweens being forbidden phones have had iPads since they were six
The sentinel sleeps in Lothian
A new book is full of architectural treasures that the Scottish Government should do a better job of treasuring
On the deceptive use of words
We must be very careful with redefinitions of commonly understood words
