A year after the harrowing Pélicot affair hit headlines and shocked the world, Gisèle Pélicot returned to court in Nimes, France. Accompanied by her youngest son, Florian, Gisèle chose to waive her right to anonymity for a second time in this four-day trial. One of the worst sex-offenders of our times, Dominique Pélicot was sentenced to 20 years in prison last year when police discovered footage, recorded over a 10-year period, showing him and dozens of other men raping his t

Stalking is never simply unwanted attention; it is often behaviour that goes unchallenged and consequently ruins lives.   When watching Zara McDermott’s BBC documentary To Catch a Stalker, I felt both enthralled and apprehensive. Within society we often see stalking broadcasted as something that occurs to celebrities or in extraordinary news stories. However, this documentary dismantles that notion. Instead, through the voices of ordinary women, we see how ex-partners, acquai

A new pilot launched in the West Midlands now   gives individuals that have been subjected to rape or ‘serious sexual abuse’ the right to request a second opinion from an alternative prosecutor. Previously, when the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided not to proceed with charges in a case, individuals had very little choice but to accept this decision. This outcome often occurred when the CPS concluded that the likelihood of winning the case is too slim. The six-month pil

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Sir Gareth Southgate, the previous England men’s football team manager, delivered the annual Richard Dimbleby lecture last week. In this...

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The current landscape As Parliament returns after the summer recess and party conference season, we now await bills and laws to be...

Every year from September to December, the United Nations General Assembly meets at the UN headquarters in New York to discuss and decide...

CW: sexual violence   Just two weeks preceding Russia’s 2022 invasion, Vladimir Putin branded Ukraine ‘mine’. (1) He then suggested that...

CW: sexual violence   The horrific case of Dominique Pelicot sent shockwaves across France and the rest of the globe at the beginning of...

CW: sexual violence   Gisèle Pelicot, a 71-year-old French woman living in the small town of Mazan in the South of France, discovered in...

On the 29th of July, Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, were murdered by 17-year-old Axel...

Music festivals are a key piece of British summer events, but their unique characteristics, such as crowded stage areas, have made them...

Amidst the excitement of supporting England in the football European Championship, there is an underlying problem which is exacerbated...

"Baby Reindeer," a powerful autobiographical Netflix show by Richard Gadd, offers a raw and unflinching look into the complexities of...