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The Victorian sex abuse scandal that shocked Britain and changed the law – long before Epstein

The media exposes a scandal – a network of rich, powerful men are abusing teenage girls. Outrage spreads fast and the public demands that authorities reveal the evidence and bring the perpetrators to justice. Yet the system shields many of those involved, and few face serious consequences. This isn’t about…

The Conversation · Apr 17

Now that’s not what I call a lazy journalist

Brief letters: Joel Snape’s busy life | Bring your own bottles | Josephine Butler tribute | Pound-per-vote calculations | Early worms

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2024

How Josephine Butler is remembered across the country

Letters: From churches to a college, readers on how the feminist is kept alive in the public consciousness

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024

Heroic Northumberland women's rights campaigner celebrated with new musical this International Women's Day

Josephine Butler was a women's rights campaigner who died in 1906, but a new play is aiming to resurrect her memory

Chronicle Live · Mar 8, 2023

Northerners and where the North starts explained - and it's nothing to do with geography

The North created great cities: Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield, Hull and Newcastle where municipal socialism provided schools, housing, transport, water, gas and electricity

Daily Mirror · Apr 8, 2022