The Church of England has been my life’s work. What has it done to my soul?
This Christmas is not going to be an easy one for the Church – but fundamentally, its mission and message…
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Justin Welby’s resignation has not fixed the Church of England
The Archbishop has done the right thing – but we must still confront the culture of deference inside the Church.
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The fall of Justin Welby
He leaves behind a wounded and shrinking Church of England.
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Justin Welby must resign now
He has failed to create a culture of transparency, writes the dean of King’s College, Cambridge.
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Sara Sharif died alone. We need to strengthen our communities
When it comes to looking out for children in danger, we can’t just expect the state to step in.
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Against child stardom
As another former teen idol’s story ends in tragedy, we must ask: should we let children become famous?
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On TikTok, familiar childhood dynamics are pathologised
From “gifted kid burnout” to “eldest daughter syndrome”, influencers are rebranding familiar human experiences as a trauma diagnosis.
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A reckoning with Ghislaine Maxwell
The socialite who groomed women for Jeffrey Epstein is behind bars, but her victims’ trauma endures.
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A boyhood built on fear
The cruelties of Maidwell Hall boarding school, described by Charles Spencer in his memoir, have blighted my adult life.
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When fundamentalism fuels child abuse
The YouTuber Ruby Franke, who was convicted of abusing her children, claims she believed they were “evil and possessed”.
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Will the Online Safety Act protect us or infringe our freedoms?
After six years of development, child safety and free speech campaigners react to the long-awaited internet laws.
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The BBC’s Jimmy Savile drama is entirely gratuitous
The Reckoning exposes a rotten culture that serves up stories about abused women for entertainment.
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An audience with media power players in NYC
Also this week: medieval epidemiology, and the scourge of child sex abuse.
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The hidden perils of Starmer politicising child abuse
The Labour leader’s attack ad on Sunak echoes a trend of associating political leaders with child abuse – which feeds…
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This government doesn’t have a clue about grooming gangs
It’s raising expectations about a system that will end up failing young girls.
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GB News’s pipeline to Downing Street
Rishi Sunak’s plan to tackle “grooming gangs” closely follows a documentary on the topic.
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Why girls are pressured to share nudes online
Images and videos of girls aged 13 and under make up 95 per cent of self-generated child sexual abuse on…
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Why OnlyFans wants us to regulate the internet
Keily Blair, chief operating and strategy officer of the controversial creator platform, on why she's a big believer in the…
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The best defence against online child abuse isn’t legislation – it’s education
With "self-generated" imagery being a growing problem, the Online Safety Bill urgently needs to include sex education.
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How ethical data sourcing is helping to tackle child sexual abuse online
An Australian project shows how AI can make searching for and identifying illegal material a less traumatic process.
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