Health

  • Photo collage combining various photos of children in institutional settings and a portrait of Hans Asperger in the centre of the collage

    Who counts as autistic?

    ‘Autism Awareness Month’ fails to give autistic people any influence over discussions of their neurology, argues Gerry Hart

  • A Marks and Spencer supermarket checkout with a COVID-19 social distancing sign in the foreground

    An update from till two

    In ‘The view from till two’, published on the Red Pepper website in November 2020, retail worker Tillie described her experiences of the pandemic. Here, she reflects on two years dominated by Covid – and considers what lies ahead

  • Image of human embryo 7-8 weeks from conception

    GM ‘designer babies’: breakthrough or nightmare?

    Only a global ban on human genetic engineering can prevent a new era of eugenics from emerging, writes David King

  • A graphic of a woman slumped in front of her laptop from stress

    Work-related suicides: the UK’s invisible crisis

    There is no regulatory oversight of suicides at work in the UK. Sarah Waters makes the case for change

  • Banner outside office building reading 'Care & Support Workers Organise'

    Tax hikes or not, social care is broken

    Social care worker Billie Cooper argues that recent discussions on funding social care are a distraction from more fundamental reform of the sector

  • Two photos side by side. Dawn Foster sitting at a dinner smiling. A tribute writting on a white wall reads Dawn Foster Forever

    The fierce kindness of Dawn Foster

    Kimon Daltas pays tribute to our friend and comrade Dawn Foster

  • Edinburgh street artists perform in Edinburgh on the last weekend of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2009. This year saw a record number of acts perform representing the best dance, theatre and comedy.

    Post-pandemic, who’s laughing now?

    As venues tentatively reopen post-lockdown, Siobhán McGuirk surveys the impact of the pandemic on comedy, theatre and the cultural sector