Harry Potter and animal justice has for a long time been one of those niche but fascinating discussions, with author JK Rowling teasing nonhuman rights issues at various moments throughout the series. From the freeing of Buckbeak to subservient owls, Nina Copleston asks how Potter’s treatment of nonhumans reflects on all of us.

DEEP DIVE: Two types of characters epitomise Disney like no other: princesses, and animals. But while Disney’s portrayal of female characters has left much to be desired with change only happening relatively recently, the studio giant’s treatment of animals is still sorely lacking, as Nina Copleston so deftly explains.

Scientists are trying to determine whether labelling can trick conscientious consumers into buying the dead body parts of chickens fed with algae and insects in a bid to make farming them more sustainable. But is it yet another quick fix to get around the real issues? Claire Hamlett reports.

Bridgerton has been bold in its progressive treatment of many social issues, but with season 2 now out, it seems much of that messaging has come at the expense of animal justice. Claire Hamlett puts forward an alternative storyline.

OPINION: Queer Eye star Jonathan Van Ness got to grips with insects and arachnids on their new Netflix spin-off show. What Van Ness failed to get a hold of so well, however, were the many inconsistencies in their message. Should we love insects or eat them, asks Claire Hamlett.

OPINION: Is it time to give speciesism a serious makeover? For all its woke generation appeal, the new season of the rebooted Queer Eye fails to be entirely unproblematic when it comes to non-humans. Claire Hamlett writes.

OPINION: Primetime spectacle I’m a Celeb received a massive 12,000 complaints to regulators in the same week that Bear Grylls expressed regret for killing animals on his survival shows. The British public said no to fox hunting, but are we turning a blind eye to another bloodsport on our screens?