‘He was a beautiful man’: one man’s long journey to justice for the killing of his brother
After a decades-long battle to discover the truth about what happened to Scott Johnson, his brother Steve has written a book about never giving up
June 2024
Racist taunts, rape threats and murder: Joe Penhall on his play about rage against MPs
James Corden and Anna Maxwell Martin are starring in The Constituent, a play that asks if MPs are no longer safe. Here, its writer explores what politicians wearing stab vests means for democracy
April 2024
Hate crime against east Asian people in the UK rocketed during Covid – and it hasn’t gone away
Sarah Owen
Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio
The week in audio: Fragments – The London Nail Bombings; Chasing Mountains; Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones!; How Was It for You? – review
I was having a drink on a warm spring evening – then a nail bomb exploded just feet away
Only 3.8% of hate crime law complaints authentic so far, says Police Scotland
‘The purpose is getting lost’: debate obscuring point of Scottish hate law, say campaigners
Neo-Nazi to face trial in killing of former high school classmate Blaze Bernstein
Police spammed with complaints by neo-Nazis under new Scottish hate crime law
A fine line between progressivism and authoritarianism in Scotland
First Edition newsletter
Friday briefing: Scotland’s new hate crime law descends into disarray
Today in Focus
Scotland’s new hate crime law
JK Rowling’s posts on X will not be recorded as non-crime hate incident
JK Rowling will not be arrested under new Scottish hate law, say police
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Rishi Sunak dismisses claims levelling up has failed after analysis showing no progress on half of targets– as it happened
Scotland’s hate crime law may be well intentioned, but the police should not stymie public debate
Simon Jenkins
March 2024
Scotland’s new hate crime law: what does it cover and why is it controversial?
Humza Yousaf criticises ‘disinformation’ over new Scottish hate crime law
February 2024
Were two Muslim women in east London run over because they were wearing hijabs?
The anti-Muslim rhetoric of rightwing politicians is fuelling hate crime – I’ve experienced it myself
