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Easing the gay blood ban means more sexual stigma

Pyrrhic victory — In the wake of a rule change meaning that more gay men can give blood, writer Benjamin Weil argues that the burden of AIDS discrimination has merely shifted elsewhere in the community.

  • Opinion
  • Benjamin Weil

Love, sex & Google: living with OCD in the digital age

Online obsessions — The internet, with its promise of immediate answers, can be a battleground for people with OCD – particularly when it comes to relationships.

  • Tech
  • Clea Skopeliti

Meet the women of the incel movement

The truth about femcels — The ‘involuntarily celibate’ community is typically seen as being male-dominated, with female members – otherwise known as ‘femcels’ – often being overlooked. Writer Nick Chester meets the women who are being left behind.

  • Tech
  • Nick Chester

Neville Southall tackles... the National Health Service

Neville Knows Best — In his column 'Neville Knows Best', footballing legend turned internet sensation Neville Southall takes on the biggest issues of our time. This week, he looks for ways to help our beloved National Health Service - from better food to paying nurses fairly, and a new weekly £1 NHS tax.

  • Opinion
  • Neville Southall

Neville Southall tackles... The toxicity of Twitter

Neville Knows Best — In his column 'Neville Knows Best', footballing legend turned internet sensation Neville Southall takes on the biggest issues of our time. This week, he reflects on his time on Twitter - from the trolls and the insults to learning about and supporting some of the most marginalised groups in society.

  • Opinion
  • Neville Southall

Neville Southall announces... his plan to be Prime Minister

Neville Knows Best — In his column 'Neville Knows Best', footballing legend turned Twitter sensation Neville Southall takes on the biggest issues of our time. This week he presents his manifesto for Britain, and lets us know what he'll do when (not if) he is elected as Prime Minister.

  • Opinion
  • Neville Southall

An interview with Sean Baker, film's brightest activist

Magical mystery tour — Sean Baker has developed his own cinematic language: one packed with colour, energy and humour. But after years on the fringes, consistently bold work has cemented his status as a socially conscious voice in Hollywood.

  • Film
  • Daniel Dylan Wray

A vision for Britain? May can't even steal Labour policies right

From Where I Stand — The Conservatives are flapping desperately as the housing crisis continues, writes Matt Zarb-Cousin, because to admit the market is broken would be to accept that Tory ideology is dead.

  • Opinion
  • Matt Zarb-Cousin

Neville Southall tackles... Youth mental health

Neville Knows Best — In his column 'Neville Knows Best', footballing legend turned Twitter sensation Neville Southall takes on the biggest issues of our time. This week he turns to young people and mental health, and how we should all be outraged that cuts now see us failing our children.

  • Opinion
  • Neville Southall

Neville Southall tackles… Britain's immigration system

Neville Knows Best — In his column 'Neville Knows Best', footballing legend turned Twitter sensation Neville Southall takes on the biggest issues of our time. This week he turns to immigration, and a system that is lacking humanity, accompanied by an original poem.

  • Opinion
  • Neville Southall

The myths surrounding your antidepressant meds

Will I be numb to the world? — In the debate around antidepressants, good advice is increasingly hard to find amongst the onslaught of hot-takes and opinions. We asked a Community Pharmacist to dispel some of the biggest myths.

  • Culture
  • Jonny Winship

Keep it in the family? The left can do better than dynasties

From Where I Stand — From Clinton to Kinnock, Trudeau to Benn, the fact political dynasties dominate progressive parties on both sides of the Atlantic is an embarrassment, writes Dawn Foster.

  • Opinion
  • Dawn Foster

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