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Book Review / 13 August 2026
Being gay when it was illegal
13 August 2026

MATTHEW HAWKINS welcomes an engaging and nourishing account of the queer subculture that flourished in London between WWII and partial decriminalisation 

President Donald Trump attends the Patriot Games at Spire Academy in Geneva, Ohio, August 11, 2026
ICC / 12 August 2026
Human Rights Watch leads lawsuit against Trump’s attacks on International Criminal Court
12 August 2026
A camera on top of a Live Facial Recognition (LFR) van deployed on Briggate in Leeds, November 11, 2025
Privacy / 12 August 2026
Civil liberty groups decry plans for live facial recognition cameras in Oxford Street
12 August 2026
Labour / 12 August 2026
Another 13 hotels housing asylum-seekers close as government continues moving people into alternative sites
12 August 2026
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to the Border Security Command compound in Dover, Kent, from a Border Security Command vessel following a small boat incident in the Channel, August 3, 2026
Human Rights / 10 August 2026
PM urged to offer safe routes after 230 refugees arrive on a single boat
10 August 2026
Palestine Action and Defend Our Juries protesters outside Westminster Magistrates' Court, London, July 30, 2026
Activism / 30 July 2026
Arrests made as protesters invite support for Palestine Action outside court
30 July 2026
One of the cells at HMP Millsike during it's official opening - the new Category C jail in Yorkshire will deliver 1,500 prison places, March 27, 2025
Scottish Human Rights Commission / 30 July 2026
Human rights in Scottish prisons need more than ‘warm words,’ say SHRC
30 July 2026
Palestinians inspect destroyed buildings at the site of an Israeli air strike, at al-Maghazi refugee camp, Gaza, July 24, 2026
Middle East / 28 July 2026
Sixty Palestinian detainees return to Gaza describe human rights abuses
28 July 2026
Mahmoud is on the left and Mohammed is on the right
Palestine Solidarity / 27 July 2026
Maxine Peake among more than 20 celebrities donating items for Gaza students accepted by British universities
27 July 2026
Activists protest outside Aviva's Norwich headquarters demanding the insurer sever ties with companies accused of human rights abuses, July 24, 2026
Asylum Seekers / 24 July 2026
Activists confront Aviva Norwich HQ for insuring companies accused of human rights abuses
24 July 2026
Displaced Palestinians lineup to receive donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, July 23, 2026
Human Rights / 23 July 2026
MPs and Peers call on Burnham to uphold Palestinian rights
23 July 2026
Palestinian women mourn over the body of Awda Farakhneh, 53, — who was killed by Israeli army soldiers following a settler attack — during his funeral in the West Bank town of Deir Jarir, northeast Ramallah, July 20, 2026
Colonialism / 21 July 2026
Israeli property event organisers promote illegal West Bank settlements yet again
21 July 2026