
In June, British biochemist and Nobel laureate Sir Tim Hunt found himself embroiled in a sexism scandal. The 72-year-old scientist had been a speaker at a conference in Seoul, South Korea, addressing a predominantly female audience and speaking of his
by Richard Lewis21 Dec 2015, 9:00 AM PST0

Professor Connie St Louis is dreadlocked, proud of her African heritage, a committed feminist, may have published the odd article in a newspaper and may possibly – though she’s a bit hazy on key details like, ahem, at which university
by James Delingpole5 Jul 2015, 4:23 AM PST0

Everyone should support gay marriage – we’re persistently reminded – else we’re monsters. Forget your religious principles, or even if you’re a libertarian and just want the state out of marriage altogether. No no, you’ve gotta support gay marriage. And unless you put
by Raheem Kassam30 Jun 2015, 9:26 AM PST0

Yesterday, as new accounts emerged, it was revealed that the critical initial reporting of that now infamous – and admittedly pretty awful – joke told by Sir Tim Hunt in Korea might have misrepresented his words in a potentially defamatory
by Liam Deacon25 Jun 2015, 6:46 AM PST0

A leaked EU report has shown that Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sir Tim Hunt, who was hounded out of his academic positions for making sexist remarks, was actually joking when he made the comments. Sir Tim was forced to resign from
by Nick Hallett24 Jun 2015, 4:57 AM PST0

Eight Nobel prizewinning scientists have rallied to the defence of Sir Tim Hunt, the British scientist who was forced to resign his honorary professorship at University College London (UCL) after making comments on the “trouble with girls” in laboratories. Sir
by Nick Hallett20 Jun 2015, 3:27 AM PST0

If you’re thinking of making an off-colour joke in modern Britain you’d be better off joining ISIS writes Douglas Murray in the Spectator. The point he makes is a good one. Whenever some idiot gets it into their head that
by James Delingpole17 Jun 2015, 4:41 AM PST0

My hero of the week is 72-year old Nobel-prizewinning scientist Sir Tim Hunt who this week went public at the World Conference of Science Journalists in Korea on the three main problems he has encountered during a lifetime working with
by James Delingpole10 Jun 2015, 6:53 AM PST0