Both groups excused their cowardice by hiding behind the language of “phobias”.

Suzanne Moore in the Telegraph – It is a travesty not to celebrate Jenni Murray’s bravery in the trans debate: Make no mistake, Dame Jenni was Woman’s Hour and she left after 33 years at its helm because the BBC would not let her discuss one of the issues of the day. “I was roundly ticked off publicly and informed…

Julie Burchill in the Spectator mourns the bittersweet death of Lycra, as the company files for bankruptcy: It’s daft to get apocalyptic about these little cultural glitches, but the fall of Lycra does seem like yet another tiny Lego brick in the wall of us in the West going to hell in a handcart. It…

Jenni Murray’s final words on the BBC’s Woman’s Hour, before she retired: “If you do a programme like Woman’s Hour you have to consistently remind yourself that women are a vast range. There are many, many, many different stereotypes that fit our gender. So there is no one stereotypical woman. But our sex, we share.”…

The Daily NK, back to the vexed issue of North Korean youth listening to South Korean music: When a Ministry of State Security agent stopped a young man in a Hyesan alley in mid-February 2026 and demanded to know why he was listening to “rotten South Korean music,” he likely expected contrition. He did not get it. The man cited the lyrics…

Barnes church, then on to Kew Gardens.

After Benny Morris yesterday, here’s another less-than-rosy view of the Iran conflict, from Shiraz Maher. Yes, Tehran’s influence abroad may be weakened, but the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is simply too powerful – and too ruthless – to be displaced. His conclusion: Iran’s escalation trap has ensnared the United States in a labyrinthine web of…

Story here: His case proves we have to stop talking about ‘trans rights’ and recognise that people who demand sex change surgery are seriously mentally ill. It is irresponsible, cruel and dangerous to inflict irreversible mutilations on their bodies. And yet, far from approaching these operations with caution, the NHS is rushing to perform them,…

Jewish Guardian journalists speak to the JC after that Jonathan Liew article: The Guardian has since issued a correction to the piece, removing the “petty symbolism” remark in order, it claimed, to avoid “misunderstanding”, as well as “clarifying” that his comment about “aggression” was “meant to refer to the described fears about the chain’s impact on…

From the JC: A group of Gulf states has called on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to hold an emergency debate on Iran’s “military aggression” against them. A diplomatic note was sent by a “coalition of Arab nations” to the council calling for an “urgent” change to its schedule, according to Hilel Neuer, director…