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…
Wolf-Whistles: What They Really Mean
Earlier than usual — maybe 7.30 am — the BBC rang: What did I think about the woman who’d gone to the police over a wolf-whistle…
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…
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…
Scudamore: Sexism isn’t silly – c’mon football, kick it out!
Odd, isn’t it, that sexism is indulged as just silly? That’s how it seemed in my conversation on Radio 5 Live this week Richard Scudamore’s…