The Proclaimers spark backlash over anti-trans 'adult human female' comments The Proclaimers have sparked backlash after making a series of anti-trans comments The National (Scotland) · Sep 11
‘It’s a strange time to be a man’: in The Castle, Jon Ronson investigates the plight of unanchored men The ABC’s now-defunct current affairs show Q+A makes an early appearance in Jon Ronson’s The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unravelling Men. The Conversation · Sep 10
The Castle by Jon Ronson review – bizarre tales of modern masculinity A journalist embarks on a wild goose chase that might – or might not – be informative about the male condition The Guardian - UK · Sep 8
TV has never been so nerve-jangling: 10 years of the agonising Motherland The rage, the wine, the power mums, the PTA horror – the BBC sitcom was a spot on send-up of life at the school gates. A decade on, we remember its most awkward bits The Guardian - UK · Sep 7
Revealed: Toby Young free speech group crowdfunded over £60,000 for legal case fought by pro-bono lawyer Staff members said Free Speech Union would ‘need to explain’ how it spent money donated by its supporters The Guardian - UK · Aug 18
"This song is not a rebel song." The story behind U2's emotional, controversial, and often misunderstood, protest anthem Sunday Bloody Sunday How rage, despair and a desire for peace fuelled a U2 classic Louder · Aug 9
Nigel Farage's Reform U.K. Party Reports Green Party Leader's Guillotine Instagram Post to Police Farage condemns the British government's habit of police action in free speech cases, but wants his political opponent arrested for an Instagram post. Reason · Jul 28
Graham Linehan receives five-figure settlement from Met Police after arrest over social media posts Linehan also received an apology from the Met back in May The Independent UK · Jul 9
Graham Linehan receives settlement from Met over arrest for social media posts Linehan reportedly received £25,000 from the force. Evening Standard · Jul 9
Graham Linehan gets £25,000 compensation and an apology from Met police after arrest Father Ted co-creator detained by armed officers at Heathrow airport last year over gender-critical posts on X The Guardian - UK · Jul 9
RTE using Father Ted as ‘tool of antisemitic harassment’, says Graham Linehan The broadcaster is boycotting Eurovision and will show an episode of Father Ted in its place. Evening Standard · May 12
Liz Truss's 'pro-growth' Mayfair private members club gets green light despite protests The ex-Prime Minister joined forces with property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz to open the Leconfield, an exclusive invitation-only club based in MI5’s former Mayfair headquarters Evening Standard · May 4
Father and son set three new world records after round-the-world charity cycle George Kohler, 57, and his son Joshua, 23, have cycled through 31 countries. Evening Standard · May 2
Andy Burnham planning return to Westminster ‘within weeks’ – reports The Mayor of Greater Manchester has reportedly identified several seats where MPs are prepared to step aside. Evening Standard · May 1
Evening Standard · May 1 Graham Linehan accuses police of taking sides after conviction overturned Linehan, who now lives in Arizona in the US, had been fined £500 at Westminster Magistrates’ Court last November.
The Independent UK · May 1 Graham Linehan cleared of criminal damage after confrontation with trans activist IN FULL
The Independent UK · May 1 Graham Linehan hits out at police after having conviction for damaging trans activist’s phone overturned The comedy writer was involved in a heated confrontation with Sophia Brooks outside a conference
Evening Standard · May 1 Graham Linehan has conviction for damaging trans activist's phone overturned Father Ted co-creator wins appeal against conviction for damaging mobile belonging to activist Sophia Brooks
Evening Standard · May 1 Graham Linehan criminal damage conviction overturned Linehan, who now lives in Arizona in the US, had been fined £500 at Westminster Magistrates’ Court last November.
Evening Standard · May 1 Trans activist wanted to ‘shame Graham Linehan into an apology’, court told The 57-year-old Father Ted writer is appealing against his conviction for criminal damage.
Evening Standard · Mar 31 Police ordered to stop wasting time on Twitter squabbles Chief constables have been accused of failing to concentrate on crimes such as murder and robbery
The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2025 UK police leaders to call for ‘non-crime hate incidents’ to be scrapped Review will request ‘commonsense’ system with most serious incidents recorded as antisocial behaviour
The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2025 Non-crime hate incidents ‘to be scrapped’ in favour of ‘common sense’ The chairman of the College of Policing said that the system would be ‘scrapped and replaced with a completely different system’
Euronews · Nov 25, 2025 ‘The IT Crowd’ creator Graham Linehan cleared of harassing transgender activist The IT Crowd and Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been cleared of harassment against a trans activist but guilty of criminal damage to their phone.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2025 Graham Linehan cleared of harassing trans activist but convicted of damaging phone Irish comedy writer cleared at Westminster magistrates court of harassing Sophia Brooks on social media