Taking Liberties: Civil Liberties and Sexual Abuse
The Daily Mail ignores in its purported exposure — shaming — of Harriet Harman and the National Council for Civil Liberties over the organisation’s tolerance…
The Daily Mail ignores in its purported exposure — shaming — of Harriet Harman and the National Council for Civil Liberties over the organisation’s tolerance…
In the aftermath of yet another woman’s death, following yet another rape trial acquittal, The Independent reported yet another scandal — hapless investigation and prosecution…
Black Bodies, Women’s Bodies: Spectres Haunting the Police Representatives of the Police Federation are called to explain themselves to a Parliamentary committee in November 2013.…
Reports of the horrendous death of Bijan Ebrahimi — a disabled man living in Bristol — seem doomed to point in all the wrong directions.…
In three decades of child protection, an alliance between state and children has been compromised by the compliance culture. Read more of my article in…
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…
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…