September 30, 2013

The Veil Part 11

  So, to round two of the veil debate. I would prefer not to get into the ring again but must, not because I’m a stubborn […]
September 30, 2013

How Art Treats Princess Diana

The new film Diana  is, at times, bathetic, intermittently moving, certainly torrid, vivid and subversive. It is based on the book Last Love by Kate Snell, […]
July 10, 2013

Young Women have Failed Feminism

  Kate appeared at the Queen’s birthday parade, big with baby, smiling, blooming. She, who wore an ice- cream pink outfit, PINK!, is a perfect icon […]
May 27, 2013

Muslim Killers in Woolwich

  On Saturday the postman delivered readers’ letters many of them about the Pakistani groomers and the Muslim slaughterers of soldier Lee Rigby. Some had swastikas, […]
May 13, 2013

Ukip: A Malevolent Force

  Cheeky charmer Jamie Oliver adds his bit to spice up the appeal of Ukip. It pleases him that the party is ‘stirring it up’ though […]
May 13, 2013

Justice for the Victims of Stuart Hall

  I have been waiting anxiously for this moment, the moment when Stuart Hall would either be found guilty or innocent of the sexual abuse of […]
May 13, 2013

Stephen Lawrence: Racism Then and Now

Stephen Lawrence was murdered exactly twenty years ago, on the 22nd of April 1993. His parents Doreen and Neville, have since been fighting for justice which […]
May 13, 2013

The Politically Correct, Rabid Right

The Politically Correct Rabid Right Yasmin Alibhai-Brown On the 30th of January 1978, the day my son was born, Margaret Thatcher charmingly told white TV viewers […]
April 16, 2013

Immigration and the Democratic Deficit

  During its holy festivities, this Christian country remembers its Saviour and his holy lessons. Mary and Joseph sought asylum, needed the kindness of strangers. Ever […]