Fiction Fiction Scabland alchemy RUTH F HUNT recommends a collection of short stories that transform poverty into something that’s often tender and profound
Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Why are the police punishing the ill? There are no ethical or clinical benefits from threatening or proceeding with legal measures against mental health patients, but with cuts to our services it is becoming all too common, writes RUTH HUNT
Wednesday 31st Mar 2021 Should mental health be getting back to normal? RUTH HUNT looks at the problems for those whose mental-health requirements were exacerbated by the pandemic — and as it comes to a close, whether there is a possibility of a better way forward, spearheaded by innovative approaches and a new sense of social solidarity
Wednesday 01st Apr 2020 Lack of PPE for homecare staff is indicative of their lack of protection as workers We may clap for the NHS, who are visible, but homecare workers are largely unseen and are not given the basic essentials they require for the challenging tasks they find inside the houses and lives of the vulnerable, writes RUTH HUNT
Monday 30th Dec 2019 The fight for women’s pension justice The 3.4 million retired workers known as the Waspi women, who were ripped off by Tory pension changes in the '90s, are some of the worst-hit victims of the general election disaster, writes RUTH HUNT
Monday 16th Dec 2019 It’s Brexit that has won, but it will be the Tories who will let the voters down Nine years of austerity has devastated working-class lives – we’re about to find out how much worse things can get, writes RUTH HUNT
Friday 22nd Nov 2019 The drumbeat goes on: the missing disabled people from the general election campaigns Disabled people are often made to feel invisible – yet one in five of the population are disabled. Where is the empathy for them in austerity Britain, asks RUTH HUNT
Sunday 27th Oct 2019 Getting Orkambi on the NHS is a bittersweet victory, but the fight goes on AFTER a long and fraught four years, an agreement between Pharma company Vertex and the NHS has finally resulted in Orkambi and Symkevi, the “game-
Friday 07th Jun 2019 ‘As a disabled journalist, I wanted disabled people’s voices to be heard’ Ruth F Hunt interviews FRANCES RYAN about her new book dissecting the impacts of austerity
Book Review Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Book Review Theory of the Has#tag by Andreas Bernard Intriguing exploration of an ubiquitous symbol
Sunday 12th May 2019 The degradation and cruelty of constantly having to ‘prove’ you’re disabled RUTH HUNT reminds us of the day-to-day fear that’s invading disabled people’s lives
