The attacks on black academics are well-funded and relentless, writes DIANE ABBOTT, and they need to be fearlessly resisted by all concerned
Well, what a week it’s been folks. In most seven-day cycles one would be hard pressed to top a Prime Minister’s hitherto closely guarded penchant for post-mortem porcine penetration.
I’ve heard that Oxbridge helps you get ahead in life, but even by their bizarrely Byzantine standards that was quite spectacular.
But as has oft been opined a week is a long time in scumbaggery and time, tide and a rather obscure interpretation of necrotic animal husbandry wait for no man.
Flitting between myth and the modern world, Medusa is determined to steer clear of human affairs. When her resolve crumbles, the result is petrifying in every sense
As Saudi Arabia is hailed abroad for its ‘reforms,’ the reality for women inside the kingdom grows ever more repressive. On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, MARYAM ALDOSSARI argues it is time to stop applauding the illusion – and start listening to the women the state works hardest to silence
ANDREW MURRAY looks back on the ignominious career of the former US vice-president, who died earlier this week
The horrors in the Congo have much in common with Gaza’s genocide, most notably the financial and military support of the US, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER



