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Jill Hemmington and Sarah Vicary welcome the increased focus on reflection in CPD for social workers making decisions about the statutory detention of mental health patients. …Read more
Karen Lee Ashcraft, author of Wronged and Dangerous, looks at the manosphere and how figures like Andrew Tate target young men and boys, tainting their most intimate and vulnerable encounters with the world.…Read more
Vanessa Beck deplores Kemi Badenoch’s response to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Menopause (APPG) recommendations on supporting menopausal women in the workplace. …Read more
In this episode, Becky Taylor speaks with Adam Lynes, Craig Kelly and James Treadwell about what dark tourism is, why we're drawn to such macabre forms of tourism and the unique aspects the internet has brought to the industry.…Read more
Amy Beddows considers the insidious processes of victimism and responsibilisation woven through the societal responses to Nicola Bulley’s disappearance. …Read more
Jenny Edkins, co-editor of 'When This Is Over', explains why the trauma and implications of the pandemic are not going away. …Read more
Rhodri Davies, author of 'What Is Philanthropy For?', persuades us that knowing about the history of philanthropy is critical to understanding the implications of current philanthropic practice.…Read more
Erin Rennie examines how idolisation of professional footballers means that when they commit violence against women, fans rush to their defense without consideration, which undoes so much of the progress made by the #MeToo movement.…Read more
Simon Winlow and Steve Hall, authors of The Death of the Left, lament the lack of a genuine alternatives within our political system and suggest that Keir Starmer will just reproduce what already exists. …Read more
Sumanta Roy and Ravi Thiara consider the impact of the pandemic on Black and minoritised VAWG survivors and the organisations that support them. …Read more