There were few events in a British school calendar quite as exciting, terrifying and socially complicated as the school disco. For a few hours, the familiar school hall was transformed into a place of flashing lights, loud music, warm orange squash and teenagers desperately trying to look as though they knew what they were doing. The tables and chairs were pushed to the sides, somebody's dad had been recruited to […]

Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison after being found guilty of eighteen child sex offences. The sixty-three-year-old committed the crimes between nineteen eighty-five and two thousand and eight, when his two victims were of primary school age. In June, Donaldson was convicted at Newry Crown Court of rape, thirteen indecent assaults, and four counts of gross indecency. An inquest into the death of […]

There was a time when Saturday night in Britain followed a familiar routine. You might spend the afternoon watching football, visiting the shops or getting a few jobs done around the house, but as evening approached, attention gradually turned towards the television. Someone would put the kettle on, the snacks would appear, and the family would begin negotiating what everyone was going to watch. For those who grew up in […]