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We were locked in a box in a lorry for 12 hours. I’ve never been so terrifiedI escaped from my home, Soran, in the Erbil area of northern Iraq, in 2011 when I was 19 years old. My life was in danger – powerful people had made threats to kill me. I had been told that...
Nymphomaniacs and sex droughts: what I learned while studying women’s pleasure
In antiquity, women were considered the more sexual sex – hornier, more libidinous and lust-fuelled than men. Why did that perception change?All across the world, you will probably have read, people are having less sex. In Britain and the US, in France and Australia,...
If Labour didn’t exist, would you invent it? Streeting, Rayner, Burnham – you need to tell us why
The party needs a leader who understands the difficulties facing ordinary people. I am yet to see anyone obviously equal to that challengeIf this were a poker game, Thursday lunchtime was the point when players were finally forced to show their cards. Was Wes...
UK ministers accused of weakening legal protections for torture victims seeking asylum
Council of Europe members plan to change interpretation of rights laws to make it easier to deport peopleKeir Starmer’s government has been accused of trying to water down legal protections for torture victims as ministers from 46 countries including the UK prepare to...