Never has time felt more like a construct than in the jurors waiting room at Wolverhampton Crown Court – once inside, you’d be hard pushed to guess the decade let alone how long you’d be kept waiting. There are three clocks dotted along the pale blue walls and no television; the Wi-Fi works (just about). Fifties-style dinner ladies are arbitrarily summoned by a bell to dish out fish fingers, chips, and beans whilst queues spring up at the vending machines for hot drinks that

In the heat of Summer 2023, as tourists swarmed Crete’s postcard-perfect beaches, Greek police raided a fertility clinic  in the port town of Chania. What they uncovered was a sophisticated operation involving illegal surrogacy and human trafficking.  I first heard about the case through the Greek community in Melbourne. Some of the commissioning parents involved were known within those circles and word of the investigation in Crete circulated quickly. At first, the details w

Some time ago, on the Ides of March, an article  of mine was published on historical thresholds. In it I observed that there are interregnums which, once crossed, see us like Dorothy in Oz - standing in a different world.   Following Angela Rayner’s resignation, the Labour Party have reached a new threshold. A Cabinet and Ministerial re-shuffle, and the election of a new Deputy Leader, could each amount to more than a historical footnote. Some hope is proffered by these chang

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Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion In April 2025, the Trump Administration and the State Department announced  that their annual...

Before I provide any analysis on the ruling given by the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) on the legal definition of a woman, I want to...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for its mineral riches, has been plagued by ongoing conflict dating back to the 1994 Rwandan...

Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion Weeks after entering the Oval Office, President Trump has set in motion plans to fulfil his most...

In synchrony and solidarity with millions worldwide, I have spent the last few days attempting to process the riotous return of Donald...

The legal framework for recognising climate migrants at international level certainly lacks  a distinctive category. Broader terms like...

In its 2024 Annual Report, Amnesty International denounces governments and companies that, against a backdrop of flagrant violations of...