Because the last thing I have time for is an additional 50,000 words, but even I can commit to a prompt a day. If you…
As three of their number are sentenced to two years apiece (or should I say another two years, given they have already spent a good…
Three members of feminist punk collective Pussy Riot discuss their motivations and the symbolism of their trademark balaclavas in an interview with the Observer. There…
Under normal circumstances when I’m moved to write something a bit political or a bit ranty I like to take my time; give my gut…
So when all the feminist furore kicked off over the weekend about Chris Brown being invited to perform at the Grammy Awards, I admit to…
This morning when I awoke at 5am as is my habit I really struggled to get back to sleep for two reasons: firstly, because I…
Sometimes, hidden amongst the increasing inanity of one’s Facebook news feed, you discover that somebody you know has done something genuinely powerful, moving and important….
Inappropriate language, the use thereof, has become something of a bugbear of mine in recent days (and, you’ll be pleased to note, the bugbear of…
NOTE: I started writing this a good few days ago, before my recent site outage, so apologies if any of this is now out of…








