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‘First, do no harm” is the sacrosanct principle that is supposed to underpin modern medicine. But history is littered with examples of medics...
It’s rare to get a politician who openly admits they are torn on an issue, but in recent days there have been two striking examples. First, Wes...
We see a man giving a speech at his mother’s wake. It starts off as you might expect. But he goes on to tell us how his mother died multiple times...
Nobody could have predicted that Keir Starmer’s waistline would have become one of the talking points of budget week. But a throwaway comment by...
Who determines whether a play can get staged? In the unnamed authoritarian regime that serves as the dramatic backdrop for A Mirror, the answer is...
High interest rates mean that, for the vast majority of recent graduates in England, student loans have become the equivalent of running up a down...
Sometimes the people around you scramble reality to turn up into down, black into white and open into closed. That’s how Prof Jo Phoenix must have...
What happens when a parent’s right to decide how to bring up their child comes into conflict with that child’s right to a safe, fulfilled life?...
Look at patterns of criminal offending, and one of the first things to stand out is the differences between men and women. Men dominate when it comes...
The Scottish school system was once the jewel in the British educational crown. With good standards and low levels of social inequality, it was seen...
‘Brainwashed by a homicidal policy” is how the man just elected president of Argentina described supporters of women’s abortion rights. The...
‘I’m Beatrice’s mum, and because she’s dead, this is the only way I can be her mum,” Emily Barley said of her campaigning a year after her...
The concept of a census – a count of every member of a population – is almost as ancient as civilisation. The Babylonians recorded a population...
Will it destroy us, or will it save us? An age-old debate between tech optimists and tech pessimists that has played out over centuries as the steady...
Amid the scrutiny of what government decisions were made and why, some salacious details have emerged out of the continuing Covid inquiry. Last week,...
J immy Savile, one of Britain’s most prolific child sexual abusers, never faced trial for his crimes. He died a national treasure, crowds flocking...
W alk through the Houses of Parliament and it is impossible to ignore the signs of decay – crumbling masonry, cordoned-off zones, water dripping...
T he argument about the relative importance of sex and gender identity – whether someone feeling they are male or female should replace the reality...