I love volunteering at this Museum 🥰

thetimes.com/uk/society/art… Supreme Court rules that a woman is legally defined as . . . a woman. Congratulations. And “The concept of sex is binary, a person is either a woman or a man”. Yes, the science was settled in the Precambrian. Nice that the law has finally caught up.

A very balanced interview by Martine Croxall of trans identifying activist Heather Herbert who appears confused as to whether the Supreme Court ruling will make any difference at all or whether this makes us “Trump’s America”. Herbert seems surprised to be challenged at all.

Had today’s momentous decision gone the other way, lesbians and gay men would have lost the right to single sex associations, as they did in Australia. This is a great victory but it is sobering to think how close we came to fundamental regress in gay rights. Thank you

Any journalist who avoids reporting on gender because they’re scared of “the toxicity of the debate”, by which they mean “getting shouted at on Twitter”, should just hand in their badge. You have shown you care more about popularity than reporting and the exit is that way

TW: rude words ahead. I've been on a *lot* of left wing demos in my time. We wanted to *smash* the BNP, to *kick out* the Tories, to *fight* Alton's bill, to *stop* various wars, and Clause 27, then Section 28, then the Poll Tax, and we marched *in solidarity* with miners,

One has to be morally deranged - or totally ignorant of the grim realities of kids lingering without parents in orphanages, shelters and foster care, only to be expelled at 18 with no support - to believe that that dark hell is better for kids than being adopted by gay couples:

Police investigating Brunel University incident with increased patrols mylondon.news/news/west-lond…

Some London councils are placing people in 'temporary' homes as far away as Newcastle and Middlesbrough, sometimes for years at a time mylondon.news/news/west-lond…

EXCLUSIVE tonight on Channel 4 News : the law's #MeToo moment. Three women who alleged predatory behaviour by top barrister Jo Sidhu speak out for the first time about the challenges they faced as they call for fundamental change.

We are following reports of a crash of Air India flight #AI171 from Ahmedabad to London. We received the last signal from the aircraft at 08:08:51 UTC, just seconds after take off. The aircraft involved is a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with registration VT-ANB

The tragedy in Ahmedabad has stunned and saddened us. It is heartbreaking beyond words. In this sad hour, my thoughts are with everyone affected by it. Have been in touch with Ministers and authorities who are working to assist those affected.

There is a lot of nostalgia for the "end of history" moment at the end of the 1990s but a lot of the ills of modern society can be traced to that era of complacency and spiritual vacuousness thetimes.com/comment/column…

Drug dealer found guilty of murdering Luton father, 63, in his own home lutontoday.co.uk/news/crime/dru…

“I have a theory that ‘holidays’ evolved from the medieval pilgrimage, and are essentially a kind of penance for being so happy and comfortable in one's daily life.” Philip Larkin

The reporting of this tribunal by my colleagues Andrew Learmonth and Rebecca McCurdy has been exemplary: Key witness in Sandie Peggie tribunal with NHS Fife admits 'confidentiality ruin' heraldscotland.com/news/25336963.…

1/ While some aspects of the Online Safety Act are worthy of criticism, Professor Appleby has a good point here regarding online content that normalises or encourages suicide and the creation of the new s.184 offence of encouraging serious self harm is a positive step forward.

Ilford arson attack update: The Indian Workers' Association GB visited the restaurant that was attacked on Friday. The attack caused severe burn injuries to 7 people, with 3 still in critical condition. According to the IWA, the manager said it was an unprovoked attack (1/2)

Kate Clanchy: I was cancelled. It made me contemplate suicide thetimes.com/article/7681d5… People who also owe ⁦Kate Clanchy⁩ a public apology: Sunny Singh, Monisha Rajesh, Suleyman Joanne Harris ⁦Daljit Nagra FRSL⁩ and ⁦The Society of Authors⁩.