Accessibility Statement

We want everyone to be able to read this site, including people using screen readers, keyboard navigation, screen magnification or reduced-motion settings.

1. Standard we aim for

We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at Level AA. We believe this site is substantially conformant. We have not commissioned a formal third-party audit.

2. What we've built in

• Semantic HTML with a single main landmark, a logical heading order, and a skip-to-content link on every page.
• Every interactive element reachable and operable by keyboard, with a clearly visible focus outline.
• Text and interface colours checked for contrast in both the light and dark themes.
• prefers-reduced-motion respected — all animation, parallax and transitions are disabled when your system asks for it.
• Text resizes without loss of content or function, and the layout reflows down to small screens.
• Meaningful alternative text on images; decorative artwork marked so screen readers skip it.
• Forms with real labels, and status messages announced to assistive technology.
• The cookie dialog is keyboard-operable, closable with Escape, and returns focus where it came from.

3. Known limitations

• Third-party advertising is delivered by external networks. We don't control the markup inside an ad frame and cannot guarantee its accessibility.
• Some older essays may contain a link whose text is less descriptive than we'd now write.

4. Tell us if something doesn't work

If you hit a barrier, contact us with the page address, what you were trying to do, and the browser or assistive technology you were using. We aim to respond within five working days and will offer the content in another format if we can't fix the page quickly.