Quickfire Why liberals keep being fooled in the gender debate Had supposedly progressive politicians listened to women’s concerns over trans prisoners they would not have been so badly exposed. By Joan Smith
Can we stop the government criminalising protest? With Jodie Beck of Liberty The Public Order Bill is a worrying assault on basic freedoms. By Adrian Bradley, Rachel Cunliffe and NS Podcasts
The Tories are right to debate the trans issue – it’s not a distraction Labour is dodging an essential discussion. By Joan Smith
From the NS archive: At home with the bomb 12 May 1989: How plans made in Washington and Whitehall are destroying village life in Britain. By Joan Smith
Michael Jackson: American beauty His fantasies and desperate quest for physical transformation are a logical extension of the dream s By Joan Smith