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Content Note: This article includes graphic depictions of capital punishment  At around 8am on execution day, Albert Pierrepoint and his assistants entered the designated cell, bound their prisoner’s arms with a leather strap, and proceeded to the gallows. Having carefully calculated the length of the drop with sandbags the previous evening, the executioner offered his charge a final swig of brandy and an opportunity to express any last words, then placed a white hood over their head and es...

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a renewed focus on our mental health, but Deputy Editor Elizabeth Haigh argues from her own experiences with dissociation that we will not achieve true progress without paying due

Katie Chambers explores how her feelings of patriotism and national identity changed during 2020.

Content Note: This article contains references to state-enforced “disappearances” Egypt’s public prosecutor Hamada al-Sawy has cleared four Egyptian security officials of involvement in the murder of former Cambridge doctorate student Giulio Regeni, as of yesterday (30/12). The security officials – Tariq Saber, Athar Kamel Mohamed Ibrahim, Capt Uhsam Helmi and Maj Magdi Ibrahim Abdelal Sharif – were indicted by Italian prosecutors earlier this month for alleged responsibility in the a...

Content Note: This article contains discussion of body image issues. Owned by the Arcadia group, Topshop was once the authority on fashion, boasting catwalk trends for high street prices. Where that high street was I am unsure, but judging by the prices it must have been Billionaire’s Row, Manhattan. As the number one destination for trendy pieces, Topshop’s wares could be spotted on the likes of Alexa Chung, Laura Whitmore and Fearne Cotton. It was renowned as one of the primary stockists...