New Feminism is Fabulous
I was recently invited to join the discussion on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme with the wonderful Laura Bates, who launched Everyday Sexism. Great. But…
I was recently invited to join the discussion on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme with the wonderful Laura Bates, who launched Everyday Sexism. Great. But…
Dear Duchess and Duke, Welcome to your baby. And Dear Baby, Welcome to our world. What would be the greatest gift that your parents could…
…and Charles Saatchi Shows Us What Domestic Violence Looks Like: It is tempting to command Nigella Lawson to morph from her retro persona as domestic…
Did Princess Diana’s death lead to a major shift in British culture? Have a listen to the discussion on BBC Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed: Professor…
As part of BBC Radio 4 Today programme’s series about men, Beatrix Campbell, Tim Samuels and Laurie Penny debate how the place of men in…
My latest piece for The Guardian: The Legacy of Greenham Common has outlived Margaret Thatcher
I’m a regular contributor to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s nightly flagship arts and current affairs programme Late Night Live. Here’s my latest discussion alongside Matthew…
From my book: THE IRON LADIES Virago 1987 Margaret Thatcher’s friends and enemies would say: she’s just like a man! She is the best man…
Barack Obama said that Margaret Thatcher was an iconic role model for our daughters. Wrong. Obama’s election as the first black president of the United…
Ten years ago I wrote this story: the eloquent voices of Nazareth House orphans. The Catholic Church took no responsibility then for sexual abuse, harm…