Despite press ridicule, Smart stood up for her right to feel safe walking down the street after suffering a month of catcalling from builders on her way to work

The London transport boss’s bracing honesty about rail services has been put to good use and brings vigour to public life

The Italian striker has faced racism all his life – and it’s reached its nadir on social media, with 8,000 postings. His scapegoating has a cost, and must stop

The University of the Third Age costs nothing to attend and does nothing for your job prospects. But in some senses, it’s the only real university left in Britain

Her magical mirror rooms get the crowds into the gallery, but what makes them stay is the 86-year-old’s extraordinary life

The museum in Tunis revels in an ancient heritage that is under attack by Islamic State militants. Let’s hope its spirit and treasures endure

More philosophers should be like the Templeton prize-winning Canadian. His life’s work is not an idealisation or a book, but a community called L’Arche

There is a straightforward reason why Britain’s exam board should rethink its decision to scrap the Polish A-level

A courageous troublemaker and magnificent polemicist, Oborne is not always right. But he couldn’t stay quiet about the Telegraph’s coverage of the HSBC story

By merging humour and hard news in his 16 years on Daily Show duty, the comedian has achieved something extraordinary. He will be sorely missed

The trans actor is about to star in a BBC sitcom in which she plays a trans woman – challenging myths in the perilous world of TV comedy. More power to her

He’s a filmmaker whose potent mix of guile and charm delivers crucial insights into the politicians of the day, no matter how accustomed they are to the camera

Hugh Muir: The mayor of Paris should be applauded for defending her city against Fox News’s slurs

Natalie Nougayrede: For 25 years Memorial’s extraordinary activists have stood up for democratic values. If it is closed down, Russia will be entering a dark age