Alice Wright

Last week Bruce Chadwick wrote to us to explain the predicament facing the local allotments he runs. There are currently 40,000 sports clubs, allotments and other community-focused groups that will face the same changes. thetimes.com/article/e0471f…

Paying for work cash-in-hand could be costing the taxman up to £2.3bn a year. We all do it for a discount and HMRC have no plans to rein in the problem. But with the prospect of tax rises in the Autumn budget is it time to start? thetimes.com/article/60320c…

One reason that it’s hard to make feminist writing narratively compelling is that people don’t want to hear it—there really is enormous epistemic resistance to the realities of patriarchy’s intimate and innovate brutality.

As a child bereaved by fatal domestic abuse, headlines calling a man who killed three women a “nice guy” and “normal person” have felt personally traumatic. The media called my father a “gentle man” and “nice chap”, which misrepresented the controlling reality that myself and my family experienced for years. It compounded our trauma. Reporting like this causes so much damage – both to victims’ families, and to public understandings of coercive control. It has to stop. Now. We need every single newsroom trained in how to report domestic abuse deaths, and to lobby the regulator for stronger rules. The press has the power to prevent further deaths and save women’s lives. Please support this crowdfunder I’ve started to support @we_level_up’s crucial work to train journalists in their Dignity For Dead Women guidelines. This takes all of us ➡️ gofundme.com/f/levelup-media

Thinking of how the demand for forgiveness of sexual abusers re-establishes the gendered moral order, in which women (and girls) are seen as owing caretaking and compassion to men.

For those sharing the horrific Diddy/Cassie exclusive video from CNN, please do also consider sharing helplines for those in similar circumstances who may need help, or just to talk to someone. Here are a few:

An amendment to the Victims & Prisoners bill seeking to ensure only properly regulated experts give evidence in family court was debated on Tues. Baroness Chakrabarti said it relates to “cowboy experts” who are unregulated giving opinions & getting paid.🧵 rb.gy/09hek8

Thrilled that I was shortlisted this year for The Gaby Rado Award for New Journalist at the #AmnestyMediaAwards! I put forward my work w/ @Gabriel_Pogrund exposing the alleged trafficking and exploitation of southeast Asian women by millionaire Tory donor, Hamish Ogston 1/2

NEW 🚨 Crispin Odey accused of rape in High Court submission via @FT on.ft.com/43f91uj

INVESTIGATION: For months I have been speaking with mothers of Scouts who died on trips after alleged failures to brief them about dangers or assess risks Since 1995, there have been 17 deaths, incl. many boys who slipped from cliffs and mountains 1/6 thetimes.co.uk/article/boys-d…

Revealed: Prince Harry ‘seeks royal return to heal rift with King Charles’ My story here ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/27b9f1…

@PickardJE @TuckerCarlson dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

has intrepid journalist @TuckerCarlson said anything yet about the tragic death of Alexei Navalny?

This is an extraordinary graph

Here is Kate Kniveton's statment in full:

You can feel the heart-rending anguish of Barnaby’s parents when they say as they learnt of his death: ‘Not my beautiful boy.’ 'We looked at Barney's phone on the tracking app..it moved to the police station. Then my body went cold'. A tough but vital read dailymail.co.uk/femail/article…

NEW: an ideological divide is emerging between young men and women in many countries around the world. I think this one of the most important social trends unfolding today, and provides the answer to several puzzles.

Ian Hislop giving no fucks is unmissable television twitter.com/BestForBritain…

EXCLUSIVE: James Cleverly joked about giving wife date-rape drug after announcing new spiking law mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

EXCL: Mother's ordeal after judge dismisses rape allegation in error: My latest report for @TBIJ describes how the concept of parental alienation was used to counter allegations of coercive control and rape. 🧵tinyurl.com/3u6v57xb

🔺EXCL on Hamish Ogston w/ @Gabriel_Pogrund The millionaire accused of trafficking set up his charity after asking lobbyists to help him secure a knighthood Ogston spoke to consultants incl. Lord Bethell about how to get honour 1/2 thetimes.co.uk/article/hamish…