FictionReviewThere is hope to be taken from an author's cri de coeurSuicide is packaged as directly as pornography. Its title leaves no room for ambiguity. Its marketing holds out the promise of voyeurism. The text on the back cover dictates how the novel will be consumed: "Edouard Levé delivered the manuscript for his final book . . . just a few days before he took his own life. Suicide is not, then, simply another novel – it is, in a sense, the author's own oblique, public suicide note .

The ObserverAntisemitism This article is more than 3 years oldUK left activists attended events with far right antisemitesThis article is more than 3 years oldEx-Labour members secretly recorded at meetings with Holocaust deniers Former Labour party members have regularly met elements of the far right to discuss and propagate antisemitic conspiracy theories, an undercover investigation has found. Infiltration of the conspiracy theorist group Keep Talking found that Jeremy Corbyn supporters and confidantes of former Labour MPs have attended meetings addressed by Holocaust deniers.

More than a decade on, fact and fiction remain entangled in the tale of former teammates turned enemies. The human core of the entire episode, though, is not a footballer Published: 3 May 2020 ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaJ6fpMGjrculZrCZqaOybq7RopugnVuirq%2Bvx56qrZ2imLa1xQ%3D%3D

OpinionHealth This article is more than 1 year oldWe need to talk about maternal-assisted caesareans, an experience some mothers craveThis article is more than 1 year oldSophie WalkerBeing more actively involved in your child’s birth is empowering, but education and access is limited If the concept of a maternal-assisted caesarean – when the birthing mother reaches her gloved hands down to lift her baby out of her abdomen and on to her chest – is news to you, and perhaps slightly shocking, it shouldn’t be.

ETHICAL CONUNDRUMSAre some subjects unsuitable for humour? Douggie, Edinburgh UK All subjects are suitable for humour - while some individuals may not appreciate jokes about death, rape, or jewish mothers (I believe that the one which ends "Just call me Sitting Shiva" should go in the Top 100 Jokes of All Time), we have the right to object to or not laugh at that which we don't find funny.