FREE FROM FEAR OR FAVOUR
Edition 87 – July 2026

Henry Porter remembers the colourful life and work of the celebrated British artist David Hockney, who died this month

Nafeez Ahmed responds to Tony Blair’s recent intervention on the future direction that the Labour Party should take

Amid anger over Gaza, antisemitism is rising – and Islamophobia is too often overlooked, writes Rachel Shabi

Hardeep Matharu speaks to Duncan Craig, founder of We Are Survivors – a charity supporting survivors of male sexual abuse – about why the ‘toxic masculinity’ narrative has been problematic, and the eye-opening exploration of complex male relationships in Richard Gadd’s new six-part series Half Man