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Last night (21st October 2025), the government announced plans to repeal the presumption of parental involvement from the Children Act 1989, to protect children from abusive parents. Responding to thi...

Yasmin Al RehaniCan I say goodbye to the land that flows through my veins,That fills my being, in and out with every breath I take?I must if I am to go on.For one such as myself, there is no return.My world is now the world of memories, dreams and shadowsIts physical shape has long gone along with all those before.

Mabel Encinas-SanchezSynopsis:This poem explores the meaning of friendship. Western logic stresses the extremes of the pendulumyes or noon or off friend or foe ‘Yes’, strong affirmation or enthusiastic agreement‘No’, gentle decline or firm refusalBoth could offer certaintyBut life is not in binariesWe also have the ‘yes and no’, the perhaps,the it-depends, the to-some-extentA switch can dim the lightas a swirl changes positions in three hundred and sixty degreesClaiming friendship is not a verbal statementbut a practice of care

Picture credit: Nastia Petruk Poem: Isabel Ros Lopes Synopsis The poem travels between love and anger, forces of nature and birds always around, to give a sense of how much of these emotions lives within, in contradiction at times, both heartening and terrifying. The birds knowI have a vast love that holds so muchthat even the clouds marvel in terror…

painting and words by Zainab AbdulkarimDo not call someone your friend before their true face is revealed.Do not honour anyone or call them a friend before you have truly tested them.The word friend comes from truthfulness, and the title is only deserved by the one who proves it in moments that make your heart truly call them by that name.


Basil Younis Thanoon Abstract Friendship is an ancient concept that has been renewed in every era. It is a human value as old as humanity, and human existence has been linked to it since the dawn of history. Ancient Greek philosophers discussed the concept of "friendship," and Aristotle defined it as "a mutual concern for the happiness of another person, not for personal interest or benefit." Mathematics graduate David Constant*, who holds a master's and doctorate in Greek and Latin literature, also discussed the topic of friendship in his book (Friendship in the Classical World).

Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

At a time when Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza has entered its second year, the FiLiA conference in Brighton highlighted deep schisms within a feminist movement committed to end violence against wo...

Court upholds arrest orders for Netanyahu and Gallant over alleged war crimes in Gaza

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