On my bike today down the Lea, under the Greenwich Foot Tunnel – north lift out of order, as so often – along the Thames path to Woolwich: Low in the water, at Three Mills. New sculpture, by Rasheed Araeen: View at Bow Locks: Buddleia by the (green algae) water: Old pier, Greenwich: Across to…

The EHRC's Baroness Falkner has intervened in the NHS Fife case. From the Telegraph: An NHS board has admitted breaking equality rules by allowing a transgender doctor into a women’s hospital changing room without assessing the consequences. NHS Fife has confirmed it carried out no impact assessment regarding the provision of single-sex changing facilities for…

It's all a bit weird in Australia. As well as the Giggle v Tickle case, there's Jacinta Allen, the Victorian premier, defending the policy of teaching five-year-old kids about how their biological sex may not align with their gender identity, and they may be born in the wrong body. Five-year-olds! All in the name of…

After JKR, here's Kathleen Stock on Nicole Sturgeon's ridiculous book: In the 2010s it was commonplace to hear that such-and-such a prominent woman had “imposter syndrome” — meaning she went through life irrationally feeling as if she was about to be unmasked as a fraud. It seems that the disease goes all the way up…

The Ilan Halimi memorial tree has been cut down: Antisemitic vandalism shocked French authorities Thursday evening when perpetrators used chainsaws to deliberately destroy an olive tree memorial honoring Ilan Halimi in Epinay-sur-Seine, prompting municipal officials to file criminal complaints. The commemorative tree was planted in 2011 within a city garden to honor Halimi, a young…

From JK Rowling's much-awaited review of Frankly – The twilight of Nicola Sturgeon: Sturgeon tells us in Frankly that she wants to eradicate misogyny directed at women in the ‘public sphere’, ie, famous people like her and like me, who’re sent sexualised threats and insults. ‘Sphere’ is an interesting word, isn’t it? So very close to ‘bubble.’…

Former hostage Danielle Aloni describes how Hamas terrorists told her not to worry if something happened to her, saying they would take care of her daughter, Emilia, if she died. I can’t imagine a more terrifying proposition. Former hostages like Danielle are calling to bring… pic.twitter.com/mfXkOqoPOu — Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) August 14, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js "Former…

Nicole Lampert in the Evening Standard – Why London Jews fear for their future in the capital: Samson is 13 and has had to get used to antisemitic abuse when he leaves his north London Jewish school, but there was one incident a couple of months ago that still scars him. He was walking towards…

“Death to the GHF.” In Virginia, Free Palestine “activists” vandalized the home of GHF director John Acree, trashed his property, damaged his car, and left death threats in his driveway. After months of claiming Gaza is starving, how exactly does threatening the very… pic.twitter.com/twe5Qo2gaE — Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) August 14, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Full text: After…

With the invaluable assistance of @MLewisLawyer of @PatronLaw & Beth Grossman of @DoughtyStreet, I’ve reached settlement with @guardian in relation to an article written about me by @peterwalker99, published on 6 June 2025, which was incorrect as admitted in this statement ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/Olpn9Cwrig — Akua Reindorf KC (@akuareindorf) August 14, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js