from Fraser Nelson:

Why are so many dogs on Prozac? How Brits overmedicalised our dogs Vets discuss the rapid rise of fluoxetine – used to treat depression in humans - in UK canines

Do dogs get depressed?

I investigated for the i newspaper: inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

The Home Office now describes asylum seekers as "illegal immigrants [living in hotels]" with no reference to the reason that these people are in government-funded accommodation is that this government has taken & will process the asylum claim from them in 98-99% of cases of unauthorised entry.

I think it’s quite important to note here that it’s not TBIJ putting the quotes around ‘guests’: that’s how Mandelson wrote it in his email to Epstein.

Understanding Epstein's Crimes Sex trafficking isn't widely understood. Here is what Epstein did.

(gift substack) Jeffrey Epstein didn't want prostitutes. He wanted scared, vulnerable girls and young women he could control. open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it’s about the mass abuse of women and girls | Marina Hyde Obsessing over individual players and political chaos leaves less time to focus on the misogyny. And that’s for the best, isn’t it guys, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it’s about the mass abuse of women and girls | Marina Hyde

Who among us has no recollection of receiving £75k

"be normal please"

These New Puritans at Village Underground: 'Gripping and unnerving' The Southend avant-gardists return with cerebral intensity and a haunting absence of pop polish

I reviewed These New Puritans for The Standard - there really is no other band like them:

www.standard.co.uk/culture/musi...

Wow. Mine is just narendra modi

Kneecap at Wembley Arena: Rap remains a political force Their biggest show in London to date is another politically charged one with an impassioned - and moshpitting - crowd

To watch Kneecap is to understand that rap is a political force and it hasn’t been exhausted yet - my review:

www.standard.co.uk/culture/musi...

Inside the world’s only museum of forbidden books A living critique of censorship, containing everything from ‘Mein Kampf’ to ‘Tintin in the Congo’, which can sometimes leave visitors in tears

Should any book be banned? It’s a question that, after five years, still keeps Dunnigan up at night

My dispatch from Tallinn is in this week's FT Magazine

www.ft.com/content/8f73...

The volunteers who intervene to stop suicides on London’s bridges The charity Bridge Watch helps desperate people when they are at their lowest point — when they are considering going into the River Thames

I spent an evening with Bridge Watch and wrote this piece for The Times - intervening in suicide makes a massive difference as attempts are often far more spontaneous than is often assumed www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...

The man fighting to protect the UK’s public loos Raymond Martin, director of the British Toilet Association, has spent his life campaigning to improve lavatory standards

Better public toilets are "a basic human right,” says Raymond Martin, director of the British Toilet Association. “People with disabilities are suffering. So are delivery drivers, parkrunners, children"

@lucykenningham.bsky.social @prospectmagazine.co.uk

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people...

Hooked on Ozempic Weight loss jabs really can help people to slim down. But that’s when the problems start

Unless we confront those deeper drivers of obesity – what we eat, how it’s sold, and who has access to healthy choices – no injection will win the war on weight.

✏️ @lucykenningham.bsky.social

Inside the world’s only museum of forbidden books A living critique of censorship, containing everything from ‘Mein Kampf’ to ‘Tintin in the Congo’, which can sometimes leave visitors in tears

As censorship rises, the Museum of Banned Books in Estonia offers a quiet but powerful response.

The Financial Times also features insight from PEN International on threats to free expression.

Read more: www.ft.com/content/8f73...

I met the people who don't want the floppy disc to die

digitalfrontier.com/articles/flo...

Einkvan at The Coronet: Jon Fosse play is appropriately gruelling - City AM Einkvan, a play by Nobel Prize-winning author Jon Fosse is excruciating stuff – but then so is human suffering.

I went to see a play where the characters never emerge from behind a screen! Oh, and there's no plot.

Here's what Jon Fosse's piercing new play says about the suffocating loneliness of the human experience (sigh). Find out for yourself at The Coronet www.cityam.com/einkvan-at-t...

ft serving up god's work

Inside the world’s only museum of forbidden books A living critique of censorship, containing everything from ‘Mein Kampf’ to ‘Tintin in the Congo’, which can sometimes leave visitors in tears

Should any book be banned? It’s a question that, after five years, still keeps Dunnigan up at night

My dispatch from Tallinn is in this week's FT Magazine

www.ft.com/content/8f73...

🎢 A compelling piece by @lucykenningham.bsky.social on seaside heritage, regional deprivation, and the timber titan that is the Grand National Scenic Rollercoaster (1935), one of the cases on this year’s #C20RiskList

Mobius loops and bunny hops Lucy Kenningham on why there’s still nothing better than a wooden rollercoaster

I went to Blackpool to visit a rollercoaster.

www.boundlessmagazine.com/p/mobius-loo...

The Handmaid's Tale season six, episode one review: 'bloody horror becomes bland' The final season of The Handmaid's Tale arrives with timely grimness but is in danger of misery overload

“I’ll be known as the fertilisation president,” the newly elected Trump said this March.

America is becoming even more Gilead. My review of the final season of The Handmaid's Tale: sadly, it's only more relevant in 2025 than 2017 www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfi...

The Brightening Air: Unbearably tense and brilliantly acted - City AM One of London’s leading theatre lights returns in The Brightening Air – but Lucy Kenningham found this play a little too out there

I reviewed Conor McPherson's new play, which features a fantastic array of insults to hurl at your siblings

www.cityam.com/the-brighten...

"Israel has now fully blocked the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza for over fifty days."

And still some people defend the Israel government.

What's the future of archaeology in an age where most of our detritus is left scattered across the digital world?

I spoke to archaeologists across the world for Digital Frontier: digitalfrontier.com/articles/dar...

Life on the edge: A deep dive into the crazy world of Margate - City AM Margate is a place of contradictions: gentrified and deprived, arty and unloved. We take a deep dive into the strangest town in the UK

It's the "polyamory capital of the world", and one of the UK's most deprived towns. A cast of artists have wandered through it from Turner to TS Eliot. Now, Tracey Emin acts as a Medici of Margate funding artist residencies & campaigning against double glazed windows.

www.cityam.com/life-on-the-...

Thanks Bob! I'm really glad you liked the piece. Oh no, you're totally right. I erroneously wiped out 25 years of its lifespan. Terrible. Thank you so much for correcting me.

The bridge at the end of Europe Across the river from Russia, the Estonian city of Narva is part of the European Union. But Vladimir Putin is watching and waiting

The Estonian city of Narva is right on the edge of Europe. Only a 162-metre concrete bridge over the Narva River separates it from Russia. Along a promenade men fish and older folk stroll, while Russia stares back at them.

I spoke to people living in Narva: www.theneweuropean.co.uk/lucy-kenning...