Dress however you please. Call yourself whatever you like. Sleep with any consenting adult who’ll have you. Live your best life in peace and security. But force women out of their jobs for stating that sex is real? #IStandWithMaya #ThisIsNotADrill

It’s hard to disagree with this (albeit belated) commitment from the Royal Academy to artistic expression and the freedom for artists to hold views that some will find contentious and perhaps even deeply offensive.

Can't stop thinking about the Upper East Side banker who recently told me, "My firm is progressive in that, like, we are encouraged to have pronouns in our signatures, but not progressive like 'We offer family leave.'"

Just renewed mine. Please buy one. Even if you live nowhere near south east London and hate football.

Anyone looking for a tightly-argued, accessible, humane, and, indeed, witty overview of the issues in the debates over trans rights and women’s rights could do a lot worse than pick up ‘Material Girls’ by ⁦⁦Kathleen Stock⁩ hachette.co.uk/titles/kathlee…

I’m about half-way through #TheKeyMan by ⁦@SimonWSJ⁩ - it’s a pretty sorry tale (albeit one that’s told with panache) and leaves a lot of reputations tarnished. penguin.co.uk/books/316807/t…

An exceptionally well-written analysis of how an idea gradually took precedence over the material and of the consequences for those who have no choice but to continue to deal with the realities of their sex. ⁦Congratulations ⁦Helen Joyce⁩ images.app.goo.gl/swgkLzgS8zDiec…

A happy #NationalDay from all of us here at the UK Embassy in Belgium! 🇧🇪 Une bonne #FêteNationale. 🇧🇪 Een gelukkige #NationaleFeestdag! 🇧🇪 Einen schönen #Nationalfeiertag 🇧🇪

Good analysis from Helen Thomas of the potential post-Brexit for tension between a Treasury keen for investment & growth and a regulator whose objectives are more narrowly drawn and place a premium on stability and caution. Still not clear how, in this new world, this gets resolved

National Insurance *is* a tax. theguardian.com/society/2021/s…

I can’t recommend this highly enough.

Worth a read. Whatever your analysis of her views on sex and gender the recent treatment of Kathleen Stock has been shocking to anyone who prizes academic freedom and the right of women to free expression.

A welcome reminder of the importance of academic freedom and of free expression more broadly. Viewpoint diversity is central to the functioning of our constitution of knowledge.

Beware any institution that won’t - or can’t - tolerate hearing diverse views or opinions.

It isn’t the police’s job to stop people being offended | Comment | The Times thetimes.co.uk/article/it-isn…

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Very important judgement from the Court of Appeal in defence of ECHR protected rights to free expression.

We won! #WorthyOfRespect judiciary.uk/judgments/maya…