The most authoritarian British government since the Second World War?

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab with Home Secretary Priti Patel, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace . Photo: Matt Dunham/PA Archive/PA Images

The right to protest peacefully, the protection of human rights and the ability for journalists to reveal government wrongdoing are all under threat, writes Martin Bright.

"I wrote a play then lost my home, my husband and my trust"

Playwright Meltem Arikan. Photo: Andy Parker

Turkish playwright Meltem Arikan’s Mi Minör was blamed for the seminal Gezi Park protests that convulsed Istanbul. Afterwards, she was targeted by politicans and online trolls and forced to leave the country. In the new issue of our magazine, she writes about her new home in Wales and finding out truths about herself.

"You cannot tell the story of the Holocaust without challenging imagery"

A school board in Tennessee has voted unanimously to ban a cartoon book called Maus. Maus was written and illustrated by Art Spiegelman and is the story of his parent’s experiences during the Holocaust.

As the world marked the 77th year since the liberation of Auschwitz yesterday, our CEO Ruth Smeeth wrote about the importance of a true and honest account of the Holocaust, even if it involves coarse language, graphic depictions and challenging imagery.