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France is having a debate over the age of sexual consent. Perhaps it is time the UK joined in.
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Only 16% of adults with autism are in full-time work.
Awkward.
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The idea that people can be ‘converted’ from homosexuality is a dangerous lie – and yet such therapies still aren’t banned in the UK.
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The murder of toddler James Bulger 25 years ago by two 10-year-old boys was a rare and shocking case that still impacts the criminal justice system today.
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Wales’s intimate piercing ban takes away bodily autonomy for under 18s.
The inscription on the gate to the Auschwitz concentration camp (Poland): ‘Work makes you free’.
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More than 70-years after World War II, is Auschwitz still relevant to children today?
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Being the victim of trauma can trigger the onset of PTSD. But so can being violent against others – which means young people in gangs risk deep psychological scars.
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Social media sites should face tougher laws, but education is also key to tackling online abuse.
Check mate.
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The latest episode of The Conversation's In Depth, Out Loud podcast, in which we read out a selection of long form stories.
Adele Bellis (left) and Laxmi Agarwal during a Fashion show for the British Asian Trust, where the two acid attack victims took part in the cat-walk show for charity in London in 2016.
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Can fashion and make-up be utilised to help acid attack victims on the road to recovery?
Robert Cadzow, 13, with brother Adam, 13, and mum Frances, using a gentle postural care system to align his body shape.
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Good posture is important for everyone – but for people with disabilities it can be a life saver.
A charity claims that to remove shame and stigma around menstruation, both boys and girls should be taught about periods at school.
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Working-class men have a reputation for repressing their emotions but a new study suggests that might be changing.
Red makes a big impact, studies show.
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Colour can have surprising effects on us, which we are only now beginning to understand.
Which way to Downing Street?
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It might seem like a long shot but Cable can’t do anything with his party unless he believes he can make it to government.
Kate Tempest who is on the shortlist for the Hyundai Mercury Prize 2017.
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The Mercury Prize still relies on the album format in an age of downloads and streaming.
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Liverpool City Council has been monitoring communications from citizens – who probably thought they were reaching out in confidence.
So … the thing is.
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The company is now in need of some serious crisis management.
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Anxieties about hoodlums in cars was just another expression of an age-old fear of change.
George Vasey, The Philosophy of Laughter and Smiling (1875).
Have you heard the one about the Victorian sense of humour?