Those involved in media, transparency and anti-corruption efforts in the UK are speaking out against threats to journalistic freedom posed by the libel and legal industry. Protecting media freedom and tackling corruption are intrinsically linked. We ask, is the UK’s reputation management industry
Join Black feminist author Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah to talk about her book 'The Sex Lives of African Women' in which she features the stories of more than 30 women giving us rare insights into how they navigate, negotiate and enjoy sex, sexuality and relationships across generations and borders.Among
This month: Spectacle of Terror 1...Oblivion adds tragedy to death...Dreams coming true... "No one really knows": practical knowledge and uses of ignorance...Bikinis or shorts – a matter of choice...When saying No isn’t enough: an aggrandizing identification
This year’s COP26 meeting in Glasgow has been hailed as the most significant climate event since the 2015 Paris Agreement. But what action must world leaders take to put the planet on a sustainable path? And what does this mean for the future of global capitalism?
Anti-gay ‘conversion therapy’ – the attempt to change, suppress or divert a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression – has been condemned by medical and human rights groups around the world, but only a handful of countries have actually banned it.
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill creates new stop-and-search powers, allows the police to put more conditions on protests, and threatens Gypsy and Traveller rights to roam. It's been met with mass protests from Bristol to Belfast. Is this bill a threat to our human rights – and is the
This month: FEELING GOOD! RISING TO THE OCCASION!...Who am I? ...Put him to bed: social fabric and the spirit of laws...Prisoners of the system...When saying ‘No’ isn’t enough
Health data is both hugely sensitive and immensely valuable – to our health, and to big business. The UK’s NHS data has been valued at £10bn. And our GP data – with details of everything from diagnoses and medications to depression, abortions, sexually transmitted infections and addictions – is th
Most countries closed their borders over the pandemic, but for asylum seekers, deportation continued all over the world. More and more often, they are returned to the same life-threatening conditions that they fled. To mark World Refugee Day on 20 June, and the launch of our multimedia project 'Pa
