How overblown fears of censorship have normalised hate speech and silenced minorities. By Nesrine MalikWhen I started writing a column in the Guardian, I would engage with the commenters who made valid points and urge those whose response was getting lost in rage to re-read the piece and return. Comments...

Artist who posed for Marc Quinn’s Trafalgar Square statue talks of son’s depression The artist Alison Lapper has said her late son was taunted by other children at school because of her disability.Parys Lapper, 19, was found in a hotel in Worthing, West Sussex, last month after he died from...