Lucy Jameson, Ila Indhoomati Thangavel, and Anna C. Wright reflect on the ‘Measurement Heretics: Being, Meaning and Measuring Well’ workshop, where presenters and participants challenged how standardised clinical measures overlook patients’ lived experiences and explored more inclusive approaches to measurement.

On International Stammering Awareness Day, Said Chraibi Kaadoud reflects on ‘S-p-p-p-p-eak!’, a visual art piece that tracks the development of stammering through his childhood.

Tess Ezzy thinks through, and asks us to reflect on, the pairing of 'neuro' and 'crip': what is revealed, what is obscured, and how can punctuation mark difference?

For Baby Loss Awareness Week 2026, Fiona Johnstone, Sofie Layton, Estelle Verdi, Mary Robson and Sumayya Mulla write about a growing programme of collaborative research using creative practice to challenge silence, deepen understanding and transform support around reproductive loss and maternal bereavement.

Rena Alcalay explores the concept of 'bodily doubt' and how living with a chronic illness destabilises our assumptions about quantifiable data.

We are delighted to announce that the new Editor in Chief of The Polyphony is Jordan McCullough.

The research team behind the Contragestive Time project explore how alternative forms of fertility control can reshape how we think about contraception and abortion.

Sam Bennett explores how AI generated medical data is being used to fill data gaps for marginalised groups and uses queer theory to unpack the problems with using AI generated data.

Jesper Vaczy Kragh considers the history of “psychopathy” in child psychiatry, and asks what the contemporary discipline and the humanities might learn from the disappearance of this diagnosis.