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…
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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…
Wellies and Wisdom: How the Light Gets In
Back home. Mud to show for a mind-expanding sojourn at the HowTheLightGetsIn Festival at Hay, a parallel event to the annual book jamboree that takes…
End of Equality
A book you have been waiting for! A book that joins the dots between neoliberalism and sexism, between equal pay, war zones, the veil, The…
Rape: Getting Away With It
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…
RIP Stuart Hall: A Great and Lovely Man
We have lost the living presence of the great and lovely Stuart Hall. So many of us have been transformed by his radical questions and answers.
A Very British Murder
Reports of the horrendous death of Bijan Ebrahimi — a disabled man living in Bristol — seem doomed to point in all the wrong directions.…
The Guardian: The Legacy of Greenham Common has outlived Margaret Thatcher
My latest piece for The Guardian: The Legacy of Greenham Common has outlived Margaret Thatcher
Late Night Live: The Formidable Mrs 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…
IRON LADY
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…