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Why are women being blamed for Birmingham’s bankruptcy? | Samira Shackle

The insidious message being sent out by councils is clear: women should accept lower pay for the common good, says journalist Samira Shackle

Samira Shackle

13, Mar, 2024 @8:00 AM

Sex, drink, football: the legacy of lads’ mags – by the women who (mostly) loved working for them

It’s 30 years since the first issue of Loaded and there is talk of a relaunch. While women who worked there loved its edgy chaos they then saw its copycats flounder in misogyny

Samira Shackle

03, Mar, 2024 @12:00 PM

‘They were dying, and they’d not had their money’: Britain’s multibillion-pound equal pay scandal

The long read: In 2005, Glasgow council offered to compensate women for historic pay inequality. But it sold them short again – and soon workers all over the UK started fighting for what they were owed

Samira Shackle

01, Feb, 2024 @5:00 AM

Chainsaws, disguises and toxic tea: the battle for Sheffield’s trees

What started out as a small protest escalated into a decade-long battle between the council and hundreds of ordinary people who decided to take radical action to save their city’s trees

Samira Shackle

24, Oct, 2023 @4:00 AM

‘You reach a point where you can’t live your life’: what is behind extreme hoarding?

The long read: Hoarding can be distressing and dangerous. But it’s not just a matter of ‘too much stuff’ – it’s a complex condition that requires careful, targeted help

Samira Shackle

04, Jul, 2023 @4:00 AM

The backlash: how slavery research came under fire

More and more institutions are commissioning investigations into their historical links to slavery – but the fallout at one Cambridge college suggests these projects are meeting growing resistance

Samira Shackle

01, Jun, 2023 @5:00 AM

The Wembley Point mystery: who was the woman who jumped to her death?

One October morning in 2004, a woman took the lift to the 21st floor of an office block in north-west London, bought a coffee in the cafe there – then opened a window and jumped out. No one knew who she was. Do they now?

Samira Shackle

27, May, 2023 @10:00 AM

They look like the police, but are they? The worrying rise of Britain’s pseudo-cops | Samira Shackle

Private security firms are increasingly being used to patrol shops and private open spaces. What happens if they overreach their powers, asks journalist Samira Shackle

Samira Shackle

10, May, 2023 @7:00 AM

Probation officers failed and Zara Aleena was murdered. You need to know why

Look at Jordan McSweeney: he should not have been free to attack her. But also look at a collapsing system that puts all women at risk, says New Humanist editor Samira Shackle

Samira Shackle

24, Jan, 2023 @3:16 PM

‘A thief came into our family and took the heart out of it’: the killing of Zara Aleena

Last year the bright, kind law graduate was brutally murdered as she walked home after a night out. Now her friends and family are striving to create meaning from the tragedy

Samira Shackle

14, Jan, 2023 @7:00 AM

‘We’ll be hated, but it will stir things up’: Insulate Britain on what happened next – and being right all along

Their sit-down protests caused chaos on roads and made them a target for tabloid ire and drivers’ fury. Then an energy crisis hit – and now the government is playing catchup as we shiver in our draughty homes

Samira Shackle

17, Dec, 2022 @11:55 AM

Seven stowaways and a hijacked oil tanker: the strange case of the Nave Andromeda

The long read: In October 2020 an emergency call was received from a ship in British waters. After a full-scale commando raid, seven Nigerians were taken off in handcuffs – but no one was ever charged. What really happened on board?

Samira Shackle

09, Jun, 2022 @5:00 AM