Politics

The #1970 Club: Germaine Greer and The Female Eunuch

Thanks to the #1970 Club, I've spent the spare moments of the past week immersed in The Female Eunuch and…

4 months ago

Gall, Nerve, Courage, and The Party of Women

 Women's rights campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen of Let Women Speak had a big announcement last week. Give it a watch. And…

1 year ago

Making Waves

Two women - Kemi Badenoch and Kellie-Jay Keen - made a splash across the pond on Terf Island this week.…

1 year ago

Wings of Wax, Feet of Clay

When Claudine Gay resigned as President of Harvard this week the gloating by some conservative activists and commentators was unappealing…

1 year ago

Five Things: DEI, Poem, Memoir, Library, Anti-Semitism, and Street Thugs

One Last week IntrepidEd News published another of my pieces. This one is about how schools are on the front…

1 year ago

Intersectional Lunacy and Knee-Jerk Nonsense

 A bunch of angry shouty men showed up to protest the Standing for Women  Let Women Speak event in Leeds…

1 year ago

When DEI means Deny, Exclude, Intrude

The daily stroll last week took us down Claremont Avenue where large picture window affords a passing glimpse into a…

2 years ago

When Milton met Galileo

I chanced upon this painting of the meeting between Galileo and John Milton and had a flashback to undergraduate days…

2 years ago

1940 and the #1940Club

Hope I'm not jumping the gun here but the #1940Club starts next week and I've been gearing up and getting…

2 years ago

Our Flag Stays Red – Communists and Snore Detectives at the Savoy

In Our Flag Stays Red (1948) Phil Piratin - the Communist Party MP for Mile End - wrote an account…

2 years ago