Sexual violence is hugely under-reported and cases rarely make it to court. These are the facts that should shock usTwo years ago, Katie White set up Enough, which distributes self-swabbing rape kits. These are DIY kits that people who believe they have been raped or sexually assaulted can use at home by collecting…

Watkins should have been the ideal writer for this sympathetic take on new age spirituality and desert eco-activism – but the results are confusingRose, the protagonist of Claire Vaye Watkins’s latest novel, has retreated from the world to live in Nothingness Flats, a cinder-block cabin in the Nevada desert. On…

Some social media users claim they get a horrible sinking feeling called ‘post-gossip clarity’ after dishing the dirt. May I suggest they try harder?Many phrases sound more elegant in French and post-coital tristesse is one of them. The English version is direct to the point of rudeness: post-nut clarity. This…

Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s stylish and unique movie features an unquiet spirit that inhabits a vacuum cleaner, before political interests interveneHere is a stylish and exhilaratingly confident debut from 39-year-old Thai film-maker Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, which won the critics’ week grand prize at Cannes…

Jules Von Hep and Mark Beverlo, who have been trying to become parents since 2020, are now seeking help abroadRise in overseas surrogates ‘increases risk of stateless babies’Why Mexico is at the heart of ethical debate over global surrogacyJules Von Hep has wanted a baby ever since he can remember. For many people…