Election in Ireland: The dirty war and sexual abuse in the Adams family
Ireland prepares to surprise itself in the 2016 election to its Dail (parliament) on 26th February — an election in which, like elsewhere in Europe, smaller…
Author: Beatrix Campbell
Leon Brittan — who needs an apology now?
Tory grandees, former ministers and yesterday’s men queue up to denounce the police for investigating sexual abuse allegations against members of the Tory establishment. They…
CONSERVATIVE CAD – Cecil Parkinson Ruined Sara Keays
PUBLIC MAN, PRIVATE HAREM The Conservative Party mourns the death in January 2016 of one of its great players, Cecil Parkinson. He contributed greatly to…
Hilary Benn – Thinking About War
The Parliamentary debate on bombing IS/Daesh in Syria was brought to an intense and rousing conclusion by Hilary Benn, Shadow Foreign Secretary. It was Benn…
Talking of Losers and Scumbags
Former Daily Mirror editor, and unrequited lover of US television, Piers Morgan, is settling into ITV’s breakfast slot. Expect more of the eloquent bile he…
Men and Lads: Playboy nods to the cultural revolution
When Peter Stringfellow tells you that you are a ‘lovely lady’ you know that your are either in the wrong job, or the wrong conversation…
Born to Run?
Panorama’s scalding investigation into greyhound racing on 3rd November is supported by this petition. Here is what I have written about this cruel industry’s abuse of…
For a Day in July 2014…
FOR A DAY in July 2014, the advocates of children in care institutions who have been sexually abused by adults — including suspects shielded from…
Abortion – what’s the story?
Lifestyle or self-determination? What should be the focus of debates about abortion in Britain? The Daily Telegraph reports ‘lifestyle abortions warning as serial termination numbers…
RIP Maya Angelou
I am a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me. ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ — Maya’s revolutionary book about abuse, adversity, segregation and poetic…