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 weeks 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…

9 months ago

Making Waves

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

9 months 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…

11 months 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…

12 months 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…

12 months 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…

1 year 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