10 terrible moral panics

SPIRITS MAFALDA QUINO Translated by Frank Wynne ...

Forty years ago, football hooliganism was at its peak, causing outrage, fear and fatalities. How did the sport recover from its darkest days, and what happened to the men who belonged to the “firms”? Rosa Silverman reports

Little-known fact: abortion is a criminal offence in Britain, governed by a law from before women got the right to vote. As powerful anti-choice groups seek to roll back reproductive rights here – as we’ve seen in the US and Europe – seven women, for whom the fight is personal and political, explain why it’s time to join our new campaign to enshrine in law that abortion is healthcare

Why there is no effective rationale for free speech

“Too many people are being written off,” said health secretary Wes Streeting to Laura Kuenssberg in March, as the government prepared to overhaul the welfare system and slash provision for people with

The celebrity mystics who captivated Europe in the interwar years