Thinking Allowed: Remembering Diana
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…
What Is Wrong With Men?
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…
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…
Margaret Thatcher is Dead
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…
SISTERS OF NO MERCY — WHEN WILL CONTI AND SCOTTISH CATHOLIC HIERARCHY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ABUSE OF ORPHANS?
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…
HEROINES AND HUBRIS
Kick ‘em, brush ‘em off, ignore ‘em. But DON’T change ‘em. Men. Since when have so many women have been urged to be so violent?…
Mantel’s Right Royal Calumny
Oh what a mighty calumny Hilary Mantel has caused. Her ravishing, slightly odd, fastidious, eloquent, essay on suits, frocks, fabrics and royal bodies in the…
JODIE FOSTER FOREVER — THE ACCUSED
Jodie Foster answers the eternal question, “Am I gay?”, when she comes out in 2013, almost a quarter of a century after her magnificent movie…