Society

‘You have not experienced fascism like we have’ Bernard-Henri Lévy, French philosopher I am 70 now and there is nothing in my life I regret. I’ve done a lot of things, I’ve written a lot of things and I’m comfortable with everything.…

Sign up for the Week in Patriarchy, a newsletter? on feminism and sexism sent every Saturday. #YouKnowMe: powerful but also profoundly depressing It has been another terrible week for reproductive rights in America: Alabama outlawed…

“When I think of my life in Le Vele, my skin crawls with rage,” says Omero Benfenati. He looks out from a dark, narrow passageway framed by suspended steel stairways that block the natural light and lead up to abandoned apartments. Most of…

The supervision of all offenders in the community is to be undertaken by the state in a major renationalisation of the probation sector, just five years after Chris Grayling introduced a widely derided programme of privatisation while…

A former Royal Marine jailed for shooting dead a wounded Taliban fighter has expressed concern about troops’ lack of mental preparation before being deployed to war zones and revealed he is working with the marines to help them learn from…

Photographs taken by Juergen Teller of happy, laughing children are to go on display to raise awareness of the work done by the charity Demelza. All the children have serious or terminal conditions and are cared for by the children’s…

A business selling compostable coffee cups and biodegradable food boxes was bubbling along nicely until MPs suggested a “latte levy” early last year. Overnight, Vegware’s website traffic tripled and its sales suddenly soared. Launched in…

Jeremy Dutcher’s low voice is filled with reverence as he quotes Buffy Sainte-Marie: “If what you want is not on the menu, go into the kitchen, cook it up, and show them how good it tastes.” Dutcher’s debut album, Wolastoqiyik…