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Empty shoes.
By Bithia Large and Joe Collin - 17 July 11:33

As the Freedom from Torture charity publishes its report on the poverty of torture survivors, its clients have published photographs documenting their living conditions.

Dr David Kelly arriving at the House of Commons on 15 July 2003.
By Justin Schlosberg - 17 July 8:59

Ironically, those calling for an inquest into David Kelly’s death - ten years on today – base their arguments on precisely the values held so dear by professional journalists: the need for a full, impartial appraisal of the facts without fear or favour.

A young man uses a laptop outside a cafe in Brixton Village.
By Cal Flyn - 16 July 17:30

On Monday hard-hatted bailiffs evicted 70 squatters from six Victorian mansion blocks on Rushcroft Road: my road. Is this really the price that must be paid for low crime rates and organic bread?

Don't saddle us with unrealistic expectations. Photograph: Getty Images
By Michael Moran - 15 July 13:52

Women are devoting increasing amounts of time to their "birth day" appearance. Please don't give in to the trend, ma'am.

The bill receives its third reading in the House of Lords today. Photograph: Get
By Symon Hill - 15 July 13:16

The passage of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill into law is cause for celebration. But we must avoid complacency, says Symon Hill.

An anti-abortion protester. Photograph: Getty Images
By Anna Carey - 12 July 14:24

While our legislators bask in their moral superiority, thousands of Irish women have to travel to the UK in order to have an abortion, says Anna Carey.

David Dimbleby, presenter of Question Time. Photograph: BBC / Mentorn
By James Evans - 10 July 14:34

A bit of number-crunching reveals on average in 2013, only two of the five panellists on Question Time were women. It's time for the BBC to be bold.

An apartheid notice on a beach near Cape Town
By Rachael Jolley - 10 July 14:01

Massive structural symbolic changes in South African life are Mandela’s legacy, and for too long their importance has faded, but this is a moment to remember the momentous change that opened up the country to a different level of freedom, writes Rachael Jolley.

Downtown Harrison, Arkansas. Photograph via WikiCommons
By Tabatha Leggett - 10 July 10:44

Tabatha Leggett speaks to Willie Brown, of Harrison, Arkansas, who did just that.

The Ashes trophy. Photograph: Getty Images
By Antoinette Muller - 10 July 8:52

As the first Ashes test gets underway, Antoinette Muller looks into the often-overlooked women's game, where unequal prize money and a lack of professional contracts means many female cricketers must hold down other jobs in order to take to the field.

Campaigners outside the Bank of England.
By James Evans - 05 July 15:34

A petition calling for the Bank of England to include women on banknotes has garnered over 30,000 signatures. Social media and a tangible, realistic goal have helped its success.

A classroom
By Eli Davies - 05 July 11:06

“If you're not prepared to learn English, your benefits will be cut," said George Osborne during the Spending Review. ESOL teacher Eli Davies explains that migrants are keen to learn English, but unless we have properly funded ESOL provision across the board, it will be increasingly difficult for them to do so.

Mother and son walk together near the Ethiopia-Somalia border. Photograph: Getty
By Alan White - 04 July 12:08

While all women of reproductive age are vulnerable to suffer fistula, the underage girls who are victims of child marriages, female genital mutilation and teenage pregnancies are at highest risk.

The sun sets during the demonstrations at the presidential palace in Cairo.
By Bel Trew - 03 July 14:15

While the president and army appear locked in conflict, the streets are divided between the extraordinary groundswell of dissent against the president and those loyalists staging their own sit-ins and demos.

A woman and child look at trees showing their autumn colours in Bath.
By Lulu Le Vay - 02 July 15:36

The time has come for change, says Lulu Le Vay. We need to accept that a woman can live a happy and fulfilled life without children.

A Muslim prays. Photograph: Getty Images
By Imran Awan - 02 July 14:49

It will be a refreshing treat to listen to the call for prayer via a mainstream British media channel for the first time, says Imran Awan.

New Statesman
By Jane Fae - 30 June 22:13

Take your bed-partners as you find them and if they turn you on, what’s past history got to do with it?

Keith Farnan, with a skull.
By Keith Farnan - 28 June 12:41

There you are: a boy, standing in front of a whole bunch of other boys and girls, asking them to love you. But when times are tough, people need a target and politicians are much too canny to actually go out in front of a crowd, says Keith Farnan.

New Statesman
By Jacob Strauss - 28 June 7:31

It's the pinnacle of phones. Why try harder, asks Jacob Strauss.

A protest artist paints Tamarod or "Rebel" graffiti in downtown Cairo
By Bel Trew - 26 June 13:23

The first anniversary of the president's inauguration is expected to spark nationwide protests. The grassroots campaign Tamarod aims to secure enough signatures to a vote-of-no-confidence petition to outweigh the 13 million votes that brought Morsi into power.

The final Page 3 News in Briefs.
By Sarah Ditum - 26 June 9:48

The Sun has ditched its "joke" that attractive, topless women can't possibly have opinions on politics.

Trenton Oldfield. Photograph: Getty Images
By Lyndon Harris - 25 June 14:22

The man who disrupted the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race last year has been refused a visa. At best this is a woefully inconsistent application of policy, and at worst a vengeful, vindictive and juvenile act.

The New College of the Humanities launched in October 2012.
By Tabatha Leggett - 25 June 10:38

Tabatha Leggett visits A C Grayling's elite start-up, where the first intake of students are getting to grips with life at a private university.

A fisherman working on Chaohu Lake, which is filled with cyanobacteria.
By Sam Geall - 24 June 12:15

A burgeoning popular interest in China's ecological problems has led to citizens trying to win greater oversight of environmental decision-making.

Of the great sportsmen who lost their lives in the Great War.
By Sunder Katwala - 24 June 9:46

Of the great sportsmen who lost their lives in the Great War, Wilding was quite probably the greatest of them all.

An elderly woman receives meals on wheels from a carer. Photograph: Getty Images
By Richard Hawkes - 24 June 8:57

This week's Spending Review and next week's Lords debate of the Care Bill provide the government with opportunities to start solving our care crisis.

Mamphela Ramphele. Photograph: Getty Images
By Martin Plaut - 22 June 11:41

Coming in from the political cold will be no easy task.

A poster showing Edward Snowden. Photograph: Getty Images
By Michael Bochenek - 22 June 11:18

Far from committing an act of treason, as several top US lawmakers have suggested, by all appearances the NSA whistleblower has done a public service.

Photograph: Getty Images
By Nick Brown - 21 June 16:00

Labour should consider the non-renewal of the trident nuclear weapons system as part of its future defence and security policy, writes Nick Brown.

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