The middle-class cats that are ditching meat
As I write, my cats and a visitor from the next street are hammering into their food, at nearly £5…
I can understand those seduced by Isis; once, it could have been me
One of the great moments of my student life was opening the door and seeing visitors step back, shocked. I’d…
Shame, sex, violence and race in 1980s London – and today
Shame, sex, race and violence in 1980s London – and today
My wood-burning stove is expensive, trendy – and miserable
My trendy wood-burning stove is leaving me cold, wheezy, red-eyed and exhausted
Under this government, our prison system is falling apart
In the past two years, our prisons have gone from places of rehabilitation to pits of despair
Is the way our hospitals treat old people down to underfunding – or organised neglect?
The reality for elderly patients in NHS hospitals
The nun who took down an Isis flag – and stands up for east London's Muslims
Sister Christine Frost, who works on an east London estate, sees why young Muslim men are going to fight in Iraq and Syria
In our hard-pressed NHS, must sympathy be rationed too?
Nurses might be overworked but they could still be kind
When a survivor of Auschwitz asks for your story, what do you say?
What do you feel when a survivor of Auschwitz tells you their story?
A dying estate agent helped me see the light
A dying estate agent helped me to see the light
Hospital food isn’t a joke. It’s a scandal
Hospital food isn’t a joke. It’s a scandal
These days, even a good NHS hospital can be a frightening place
The little signs of a service being pared away
