Joanna Williams

How museums lost their way

16 September 2023 4:00 pm

What’s the point of museums? According to researchers at the University of Leicester, museums should help children explore their gender…

The hypocrisy of Birmingham’s council

6 September 2023 11:36 pm

Who is to blame for Birmingham City Council’s dire financial situation? The council has long been struggling to pay its…

Meghan, Harry and the truth about sexist adverts

27 July 2023 11:39 pm

Do Harry and Meghan need rescuing from their Montecito mansion? Being part of the royal family and living among California’s…

Why was Carla Foster ever sent to prison?

19 July 2023 3:46 am

Carla Foster is to be released from prison. Her 28-month sentence for illegally obtaining abortion pills and terminating a pregnancy…

Spare us from Keir Starmer’s vacuous education pledges

7 July 2023 10:24 pm

Keir Starmer clearly does not abide by the principle ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’. On the contrary, with…

Why are high street banks teaming up with Stonewall?

5 July 2023 12:36 am

Pride month is over but my local bank still has its rainbow-striped window display firmly in place. The LGBTQ+ theme…

Carla Foster’s fate shows the need to reform Britain’s abortion laws

14 June 2023 2:45 am

Carla Foster spent last night in a prison cell. In 2020, after having obtained abortion pills under false pretences, the…

Who allowed Dale Vince’s climate curriculum to take over schools?

6 June 2023 2:44 am

Recently, much light has been shone on the way LGBTQ+ campaign groups have been able to influence school sex and…

Where was Stella Creasy when other mums were being harassed?

3 May 2023 3:05 am

Parliament’s ban on the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok cannot come soon enough. But it’s not just cyber security we need…

Labour’s ‘lessons for boys’ plan is a sinister sideshow

25 April 2023 10:59 pm

What are schools for? The answer used to be obvious: school was where children went to learn how to read,…

The truth about Britain’s entitled strikers

20 April 2023 6:49 pm

Striking was part of my childhood. One of my first memories is of walking through Middlesbrough town centre and seeing…

How trans ideology took over our schools

31 March 2023 1:12 am

Concern with what schools are teaching about sex, gender and relationships has been growing. Parents worry their children are being…

The trouble with sex education

17 March 2023 1:51 am

Drawing penises and making vulvas out of Play-Doh might not be the reply most parents expect when they pose the…

What Biden gets wrong about women’s rights

15 March 2023 11:42 pm

If you’ve spent any time on Twitter over the past few years you will almost certainly have met the ‘woke…

The most insulting International Women’s Day campaign

8 March 2023 10:43 pm

Happy International Women’s Day! A few years ago, this jaunty greeting would have left me snorting with derision. I pooh-poohed…

In defence of Isabel Oakeshott

6 March 2023 10:55 pm

What shocks me most about Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages is the flippancy surrounding decisions to scare, manipulate and control the…

Labour’s ‘menopause action plan’ is an insult to women

1 March 2023 3:05 am

Only once have I been asked if I would like to be photographed with my head sticking out of a…

Raquel Evita Saraswati and the new ‘race fakers’

24 February 2023 11:06 pm

Embellishing job applications is a well-honed skill. At the stroke of a pen, two months as an intern becomes four…

Playgrounds are no place for Pride parades

4 February 2023 9:30 pm

Parents standing at the school gate have all kinds of hopes and expectations. They want their children to be happy,…

Matt Hancock has united Britain

14 November 2022 11:54 pm

Some people deal with failure better than others. Matt Hancock, it seems, has spent the past three years trying to…

Liz Truss was a conviction politician

21 October 2022 10:07 pm

As an erstwhile Brexit-voting academic, I’m used to being at odds with those around me. But in feeling troubled at…

Do Oxford students really need trigger warnings?

4 October 2022 10:10 pm

It is freshers’ week on campus. Brand new students get to make friends, get drunk and find their way around…

Can Cambridge decolonise?

24 September 2022 1:17 am

News that Cambridge University is to commission an art installation to adorn one of its ancient buildings rarely warrants holding…

Meghan’s youth speech was all about her

6 September 2022 7:52 pm

The Duchess of Sussex has been busy. In the past fortnight Meghan has treated us to two new episodes of…

The truth about trans teaching in schools

27 July 2022 3:50 pm

The LGBT advocacy group Stonewall has come in for criticism over recent months with many big name organisations – including…