Soldiers from the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in Edinburgh. Photograph: Getty
By Alan White - 15 July 10:16

One in ten inmates is a former soldier.

Trade union demonstrators outside parliament on 26 March 2011. Photograph: Getty
By Mark Serwotka - 14 July 11:51

We need a united opposition to coalition policies that are wrecking Britain.

A member of activist group La Barbe onstage at a recent event.
By Heather McRobie - 13 July 11:12

The suspension of the old law created a "dangerous void".

By Salam Kanaan - 12 July 11:44

Salaam Kanaan works for Save the Children in the occupied Palestinian territories. She shares notes from a busy week, amid overcrowding so bad, it makes you feel you’re suffocating.

A Soho prostitute waits for some custom.
By Alan White - 12 July 9:20

Prostitutes have to pay tax on their earnings, so why isn't their business entitled to same protections as everyone else?

A baby looks up at its mother on a street in Beijing
By Samira Shackle - 12 July 8:29

A woman forced to undergo a late-term abortion receives 70,600 yuan in compensation.

Former National Front member Matthew Collins
By Daniel Trilling - 11 July 17:30

The author of "Hate: My Life in the British Far Right" explains what drives people towards extremist groups like the BNP and the National Front.

Reborn in the USA
By Kwame Kwei-Armah - 11 July 12:48

As a black British immigrant to America, I have clung to my roots and my accent. Perhaps it is time to let go.

Chris Brown onstage during the 2012 BET Awards in Los Angeles
By Heather McRobie - 11 July 10:45

The media who are glossing over his past abuse send the message that assaulting women is little more than an inconvenience to your career.

David Mitchell
By Alan White - 09 July 17:13

Experiencing extreme social awkwardness on meeting a minor celebrity seems to be a peculiarly British talent.

Rio Ferdinand, in July 2011. Photo: Getty Images
By New Statesman - 09 July 13:29

Footballer tweets about "Liar Liar" as the court case between his brother Anton and John Terry begins.

A police officer causes a cyclist to fall from his bike.
By Alex Hern - 09 July 10:38

They shouldn't type up official statements.

The Rainbow flag flies above the cabinet office.
By Aidan Rowe - 07 July 10:57

Pride has become just another chance for corporations to parade their "values"

An online game invites players to "beat up Anita Sarkeesian".
By Helen Lewis - 06 July 9:30

Obscene images, hate sites and a game where people are invited to beat you up have been inflicted on Anita Sarkeesian.

A teenage prostitute waits for customers
By Alan White - 05 July 13:30

More than a hundred years after Jack the Ripper, we're still fighting the same battles on prostitution.

The Shard is London's newest and tallest skyscraper.
By George Eaton - 04 July 14:37

The Shard, Harrods, Barclays, the Olympics Village - Qatar owns them all.

Fathers4Justice campaigners in 2008. Photo: Getty Images
By Joe Derry-Malone - 04 July 11:58

ASA remove campaign group's "Mother's Day" advert.

Job seekers queue outside a Jobcentre Plus branch in London Bridge
By Caroline Crampton - 04 July 9:52

A website seeking to collate stories of suicides linked to the coalition's welfare reforms is a valuable resource.

A hypnotist at work with a fob watch
By Michael Brooks - 03 July 16:45

Why are actors so much more susceptible to hypnosis?

An American soldier taking a communist prisoner in Korea
By Richard Wiseman - 03 July 9:28

All you have to do to get someone to believe something is make them behave as if they do.

Boris Johnson at the Gay Pride march in London in 2008
By Nichi Hodgson - 03 July 8:52

The Mayor could make an important gesture to the LGBT community in London by helping with last-minute funding problems.

By Kevin Maguire - 27 June 17:57

Commons confidential

The race for number one turns to a race for second-best. Photo: Getty Images
By Martha Gill - 27 June 17:32

The role of luck in success

Damage on Clapham High Street following the riots in summer 2011. The riots were
By Laurie Penny - 27 June 17:05

The prime minister's crackdown on entitlement culture is misplaced and dangerous.

Rain clouds about rooftops in Bath
By Nelson Jones - 25 June 12:55

PM continuing is a trend of assuming people in their twenties are still basically teenagers.

A block of flats in Bath
By Nichi Hodgson - 25 June 12:00

Without housing benefit mine and my family's life chances would have been obliterated.

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