An 1891 illustration of a scandal in France: a mayor and his mistress were accused of dumping a foetus at sea. Credit: Alamy Abortion: A History (Hurst Publishers) by Mary Fissell There is a common perception that abortion in pre-modern times was dangerous, difficult and illegal. Yet, as the American academic Mary Fissell argues in […]
Campaigners want assisted dying to be available to those who are suffering from intolerable physical conditions
How do we heal the NHS? Journalist and former midwife Pavan Amara asks health experts and staff
A new assisted dying bill has a stronger chance than ever of passing
A new book – “Sparks” by Ian Johnson” – gives voice to the Chinese intellectuals hitting the state where it hurts: its grip on the nation’s memory
Ytxaha Pankararu Pataxó says her Indigenous village is surrounded by “megaprojects”. Credit: Eleonore Hughes A brand-new 4×4 snakes its way through the dimly lit tunnels of Brazil’s oldest underground lithium mine. The mine is run by the Brazilian Lithium Company (CBL) in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, known for its wealth of minerals, lush […]
There is strong public appetite for clear and honest labelling on meat and dairy products
Italy and the Vatican are central to a movement intent on imposing “traditional values” on European society that threatens LGBTQ+ and sexual and reproductive rights – and the government of Giorgia Meloni has given it new voice
Alamy Stock Photo My wife and I tied the knot in 2017, four years after same-sex weddings began to be legally recognised in England and Wales. When we made the decision to walk down the aisle, I felt a sense of walking in the footsteps of people who had gone before me – of parents, […]
There have been several mysterious fires at Rohingya refugee camps across India. Credit: Sopa Images/Alamy Maulvi Mohammad Ismail ambles through a maze of flimsy tents and crude huts cramped in a small ground on the outskirts of the Indian state of Haryana, north of Delhi. Amid heaps of garbage and waste, these tents are homes […]