What Makes An Icon?
In a world where celebrity dominates mainstream media, Jazz questions what makes certain people iconic, and why we put them on pedestals.
Jasmine Thompson, Rife, 4 August 2016

The moral, principled case against the Named Person scheme
Jon Holbrook, spiked, 3 August 2016

The Permanence of Black Lives Matter
A new policy platform from a coalition of activists signals a new stage in the protest movement.
Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 3 August 2016

The Moral Case for Abortion
This thought-provoking book sets out the ethical arguments for a woman’s right to choose
Ann Furedi, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

Clean Athletes, and Olympic Glory Lost in the Doping Era
Karen Crouse, The New York Times, 1 August 2016

So what if some female Olympians have high testosterone?
Jaime Schultz, The Conversation, August 2016

Federal judge temporarily halts Obama’s directive to schools on accommodating transgender students
Moriah Balingit and Emma Brown, Washington Post, August 2016

Are we living through another 1930s?
As daunting events come thick and fast amid increasing public racism and xenophobia, the similarities with the buildup to the second world war are real, but we can take hope from a few key differences
Paul Mason, Guardian, 1 August 2016

Doping and an Olympic Crisis in Idealism
Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 29 July 2016

Why have grammar schools become a symbol of social mobility when they make things worse for the many?
The grammar school debate is firmly back on the agenda thanks to a burgeoning campaign by Conservative MPs to lift the ban on new selective schools. But bringing back selection is no substitute for the one silver bullet in education: good teaching.
Russell Hobby, Schools Week, 28 July 2016