A sensitive and honest collection of interviews explores freedom and sexuality beyond every conceivable stereotypeHere is a book like none you will have read before. It draws on interviews conducted over six years by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah – a Ghanaian …
‘We were once alive’: 100-year-old portraits from rural Sweden – in pictures
A new book showcases self-taught photographer John Alinder’s extraordinary and compelling portraits, discovered in the 1980s, of his Swedish neighbours – revealing their humanity and his artistic brilliance Continue reading…
Illegally sterilised Czech women to be offered compensation
Hundreds of mostly Roma women were threatened, tricked or bribed into being sterilised until 2012Women sterilised without their consent are to be offered compensation in the Czech Republic after President Miloš Zeman signed a bill into law this week. T…
‘Do you blame us for house prices?’ Gen Zers answer baby boomers’ biggest questions
What is really going on with virtual sex and identity politics – and when did people stop caring about snooker? Four people born in 2000 offer their advice to people in their 50s, 60s and 70sWhen interaction between the generations is interrupted – and…
Barnado’s blogpost on white privilege did not breach charity laws
Charities regulator says post deemed ‘ideological dogma’ by Tory MPs was in line with the Barnado’s missionBarnardo’s did not breach charity laws when it published a blogpost on its website discussing racial inequality and white privilege, inadvertentl…
I don’t like to boast – but even my blood is special | Zoe Williams
It’s taken me 27 years to become a blood donor. Was I really put off by a few questions about sex?At lockdown’s very apex of misery, when all the novelty had passed and the sun wasn’t shining, when nothing was open and you couldn’t even remember what i…
‘Collective strength’: the LRA captive restoring dignity to survivors in Uganda
Kidnapped by Lord’s Resistance Army rebels as a girl, Victoria Nyanjura has pushed through major reforms for victims of abduction and rapeWhen Victoria Nyanjura was abducted from her Catholic boarding school in northern Uganda by members of the Lord’s …
Attacking lifeboats may seem like a new low, but the right craves a ‘migrant crisis’ | Daniel Trilling
It will take more than the RNLI’s surge in donations to end the demonisation of asylum seekersIf your politics involves frequent attacks on beloved national institutions, no matter how much you claim to be defending them from subversion, you risk looki…
‘You’re not snowflakes’: baby boomers answer gen Z’s biggest questions
It can feel as if the generation gap is wider than ever – but not when people really talk. Here, four sixtysomethings offer advice to those in their teens and 20sWe live in an era in which, for the most part, the generations do not mix frequently. Gran…
Covid passports could work – but coercion is doomed to fail | Melinda Mills
The government has a moral duty to encourage vaccine uptake, though it must find a way to minimise the backlashAfter initially resisting the idea of Covid passports, the government has decided to introduce them in “higher risk” settings in England, suc…