Opinion

Pointing the finger at traffickers for the deaths of 39 people in Grays is not the whole story, former adviser to the UK Anti Slavery Commissioner Emily Kenway writes.
The LGBT+ community hasn't split – but we're fighting dog-whistle transphobia harder than ever before, freelance journalist Jake Hall writes.
Linda Hamilton spent a year getting fit for the role, only to be told to wear a fake bum and tits for the film. It’s enough to make your eyes roll, journalist Hanna Flint writes.
Parents of disabled children are being forced to become protestors to stand any sort of chance of getting the support their child is legally entitled to, National Deaf Children’s Society's Ian Noon writes.
I was often the only black woman in the entire lecture theatre and only one of the classes I took was taught by a woman of colour, Claire Heuchan writes.
New findings on sports injuries reflect how as a society we are obsessed by dementia and in a panic about its impact on both individuals and the wider population, academic Dominic Malcolm writes.
It seems extraordinary that concert venues and theatres have no obligation to take advice on reducing the risk of a terrorist attack and take sensible precautions, Lord Toby Harris writes.
The details, twists and turns of the debate are hard to follow even for seasoned experts. For the public with a day job, it’s next to impossible, Tony Blair writes.
We’re not sure whether we owe the Duchess of Sussex privacy or she owes us exposure, especially when taxpayers’ money is involved, freelance journalist Joanna York writes.
What’s the point of releasing wrongly convicted prisoners? If it’s through any sense of fairness, morality and justice, don’t you think that should continue even after the cameras have stopped clicking? Author Chas Newkey-Burden writes.