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Hands off our greyhounds! Sport

Hands off our greyhounds!

1st March 2025
The trans takeover of social work Identity Politics

The trans takeover of social work

24th December 2023
Are social workers allowed to support women’s rights? Free Speech

Are social workers allowed to support women’s rights?

21st August 2021
The stigmatisation of the working class Long-reads

The stigmatisation of the working class

14th May 2021
Beware the proliferation of preferred pronouns Politics

Beware the proliferation of preferred pronouns

25th January 2021
The return of gay-conversion therapy? Politics

The return of gay-conversion therapy?

8th December 2020
The perils of being perpetually offended Politics

The perils of being perpetually offended

11th June 2020
The Nazis were not ‘just following orders’ Politics

The Nazis were not ‘just following orders’

1st January 2020
Trans-activists’ intolerance knows no bounds Free Speech

Trans-activists’ intolerance knows no bounds

25th October 2019
Whorlton Hall: box-ticking is failing the most vulnerable UK

Whorlton Hall: box-ticking is failing the most vulnerable

3rd June 2019
Social work: no place for Christians Free Speech

Social work: no place for Christians

20th March 2019
Blaming Brexit for everything Politics

Blaming Brexit for everything

22nd November 2018

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The changing shape of PTSD Culture

The changing shape of PTSD

11th October 2018
Antidepressants are not the answer Politics

Antidepressants are not the answer

2nd August 2018
Identity politics: reviving racial thinking Books

Identity politics: reviving racial thinking

22nd February 2018
The year mental illness went mainstream Politics

The year mental illness went mainstream

28th December 2017
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