Janice Turner



Profile:
Full name: Janice Turner

Area of interest: Family matters and women's issues

Journals: The Times

Email: [mailto:janice.turner@thetimes.co.uk janice.turner@thetimes.co.uk]

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Website: TimesOnline

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Biography:
Education: University of Sussex

Career: Formerly edited That's Life magazine, and a columnist for The Guardian, joined The Times as a columnist in 2003

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Awards/Honours: British Press Awards 2008, Columnist of the year category: Highly commended

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Other: Married to Ben Preston (son of Peter Preston), deputy editor of The Times



The Times:
Column remit: Family matters and women's issues

Section: Features

Role: Columnist

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Email: [mailto:janice.turner@thetimes.co.uk janice.turner@thetimes.co.uk]

Website: TimesOnline

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Day published: Saturday

Regularity: Weekly

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Average length: 1050 words



Articles:

 * mind the forelocks. This was our day'' - We joshed on Twitter and sang Sex on Fire when they kissed. At last, we are at ease with our patriotism - 30th April 2011
 * the pressure, Kate? Just elope – I did'' - It’s perfectly possible to love marriage but hate weddings. So grab ring, passports and each other, and flee - 23rd April 2011
 * the spin-cation. We like flash hols too'' - Phoney austerity does not impress globally mobile Brits. MPs can have their blingy breaks as long as we can have ours - 9th April 2011
 * must look each other in the eyes as equals'' - If hoodies are banned in shopping centres, why should anarchists and Muslim women be allowed to cover up? - 2nd April 2011
 * Basra, and beware mission creep'' - There is a lie at the heart of Resolution 1973. It fails to acknowledge the real intention – to remove Gaddafi - 19th March 2011
 * pictures conceal a guilty underworld'' - I thought the fuss over images of naked children was prudish paranoia. Then I saw the ‘boy love’ websites - 19th March 2011
 * you’re not Kate Moss, smoking isn’t cool'' - All the glamour has slowly wafted away. Now cigarettes appeal mostly to teenage girls and the poor - 12th March 2011
 * need a fictional hero — and not a male one'' - Strong women such as Sarah Lund in The Killing make TV and films compulsive viewing. Why aren’t there more? - 5th March 2011
 * a croissant. Fresh out of the dustbin'' - Those who help themselves to thrown-out food shouldn’t be prosecuted. The wasteful shops are the guilty ones - 19th February 2011
 * 2011 why do our dreams turn to silicone?'' - It has never been easier to have a healthy body – yet we persist in our perverse craving for nips and tucks - 12th February 2011
 * crime map that matters is in our heads'' - We care about mugging on local streets because we can be victims, but gang killings could be on another planet - 5th February 2011
 * is not prejudice, Baroness Warsi'' - Despite fear and provocation, Britain has remained tolerant of Islam. What we won’t tolerate is extremism - 22nd January 2011
 * to duck the latest salvo in the lacto-war'' - Women’s bodies are battlefields for scientists and experts. The best advice is just stick with what works for you - 15th January 2011
 * the royals need a common touch'' - Whether it’s to cure a stammer or just to get a reality check, kings and princes cannot hide from human contact - 8th January 2011
 * will all live longer but will we live better?'' - As more and more people reach 100, we have to give them more to look forward to than a card from the Queen - 1st January 2011
 * to the shoppers. Vote with your wallet'' - We could all learn from the students protesting outside Topshop. Our money can make or break businesses - 18th December 2010
 * need justice for women, not just for lefties'' - The self-dramatising paranoia of Julian Assange’s backers makes them turn their usual beliefs on their heads - 11th December 2010
 * you can’t stop the snow, change the weather'' - Where is the Big Society when you want it? We need a touch of “Britain expects” to get people shovelling - 4th December 2010
 * the death throes of the female wuss'' - Gillian McKeith is Exhibit A for the neurosis industry, which turned women into shoppers for salvation - 27th November 2010
 * the new anthem — Monarchy in the UK!'' - The Firm has been rebranded and even we old republicans like what we see: a union of modest soul-mates - 20th November 2010
 * ignore these rubbish revolutionaries'' - We had proper causes to fight in our day but we did it on a grant, not a loan. Who’d be a student now? - 13th November 2010
 * Prime Minister is always ready for his close-up'' - In an age of citizen photographers, it is not surprising that David Cameron has put a professional on the payroll - 6th November 2010
 * no joke if comedy is the real opposition'' - In America a stand-up comic has to despin the news. Here we need a comic counterblast to a smug coalition - 30th October 2010
 * equality, girls, and join the cupcake army'' - The deficit looks like a cover for forcing women out of employment and making them work for nothing - 23rd October 2010
 * 7/7, we must act like fussy old women'' - We are expected to live in a permanent state of fear about terrorism. So our choice is denial or vigilance - 16th October 2010
 * it together? Not if you’re above money'' - It’s not easy to tell if you’re rich. But if you can buy your way out of trouble, you’re not sharing the nation’s pain - 9th October 2010
 * will always be strangers in the brave e-world'' - If Ed Miliband wants to woo a new generation he could start by asking it to devise a moral framework for cyberspace - 2nd October 2010
 * cheers for a proper copper talking sense'' - Remember New York: the police need to take minor crime seriously. But we, the public, must help them to do it - 25th September 2010
 * have no faith in these unholy warlords'' - Dawkins’ and Hitchens’ anti-Bible bashing doesn’t just upset the Pope. It offends my secular tolerance - 18th September 2010
 * need an alternative to the porn script'' - Empowerment doesn’t mean the freedom to lap dance. It means having a proper job and not taking any nonsense - 11th September 2010
 * wallpaper change we can’t believe in'' - Leaders like to impose their taste on the corridors of power. But Obama’s new Oval Office feels overdone - 4th September 2010
 * You pay your fees, you speak your French'' - You can see why children struggle with learning languages. But it shouldn’t be the preserve of the rich - 28th August 2010
 * great your kids, that’s enough of them'' - China’s one-child policy has brought prosperity and space. Isn’t it time the West tried something similar? - 21st August 2010
 * soon forget the Ballad of Raoul Moat'' - CAPS LOCK crazies will sing the praises of the outlaw underdog, but online legends quickly fade away - 17th July 2010
 * female sexuality more wicked than murder?'' - Women are shackled, shrouded and at the mercy of male mullahs who use sex to justify totalitarian control - 10th July 2010
 * was a supersize gaffe to diss Jamie, minister'' - The TV chef embodies the Big Society. Either back him or come up with a better idea - 3rd July 2010
 * will be the outcome of Osborne’s cuts'' - When a mugger robs your child, he calls it ‘taxing’. this week’s Budget ensures that we will go on paying - 26th June 2010
 * do women want? Not a sex drug, thanks'' - Female Viagra is the holy grail for drug companies. But if someone lacks libido, it does not mean she’s ill - 19th June 2010
 * and parents should unite'' - They have a common enemy: all that free porn sloshing around the internet that children can too easily find - 12th June 2010
 * life or death is simply a matter of luck'' - As with dangerous dogs, terrorist attacks or child murders, we cannot legislate away random atrocities - 5th June 2010
 * in trouble when pimps are our heroes'' - Don’t be surprised that prostitutes get murdered when virtual bitch-slapping is just another boys’ game - 29th May 2010
 * need a culture revolution'' - One million under-24s look bleakly at the future. They need films and novels to inspire them - 22nd May 2010
 * should we honour our soldiers? Listen'' - We give the dead a Wootton Bassett salute, but the living and their loved ones are left to suffer in silence - 15th May 2010
 * broke the Perspex for pick’n’mix politics'' - For years an invisible screen has separated us from the decision makers. Now they must bend to our will - 9th May 2010
 * broke the Perspex for pick’n’mix politics'' - For years an invisible screen has separated us from the decision makers. Now they must bend to our will - 8th May 2010
 * dare you diss Mrs Duffy? That’s my aunt'' - It’s no coincidence that the only woman to make an impact on the election is a no-nonsense northern matriarch - 1st May 2010
 * afraid, I was the refugee of East 2nd St'' - We had Moma, salt beef and Eskimix, but I wouldn’t be happy until I could kiss the tarmac at Heathrow - 24th April 2010
 * want British chocolate for British children'' - Selling Cadbury’s killed the goose that laid the Mini Eggs. It is bad for jobs, for the planet and for the soul - 3rd April 2010
 * nastiness that lies beneath ‘have a nice day’'' - Americans are so polite, but in their politics rudeness reigns. Our medium-strength misanthropy is better - 27th March 2010
 * the clocks now or the cockerel gets it'' - Let there be light! Why should we slog through hard winters just so a Scottish vet can examine a poorly pig? - 20th March 2010
 * more Mr Nice Guy. Let’s get the wives out'' - Samantha Cameron isn’t there to humanise her husband but to match the sainted Sarah as a vote-winner - 13th March 2010
 * be a money muggle. You can’t afford it'' - In Iceland and in England, the financial wizards are banking on our ignorance. We must break their spell - 6th March 2010
 * time Britain had the porn conversation'' - Sexualisation of young children isn’t the problem. We need to stop the flood of adult material on to teenagers’ screens - 27th February 2010
 * a better class of stink in the Upper House'' - The expenses scandal is clearing out the Commons, but upstairs it’s still ermine, crested notepaper and jobs for ever - 13th February 2010
 * the planet? Darling, that’s so last season'' - Ring-pull handbags and frocks made of milk? Celebrity fashionistas aren’t helping ecology, they are glorifying themselves - 6th February 2010
 * the obese is the new gay bashing'' - Society has become far more enlightened over sexuality and race. Now we reserve our contempt for the underclass - 30th January 2010
 * deep maternal urge . . . to kill your child'' - If a coma patient can be denied sustenance, why should the woman who injected her brain-damaged son be criminalised? - 23rd January 2010
 * the snow told us about modern Britain'' - The health-and-safety monster is as mythical as a yeti except in the minds of buck-passers, jobsworths – and schools - 16th January 2010
 * BBC is mad to let Wossy go'' - Jonathan Ross' empathy with ordinary folk, his wit and his neuroses, will be hard to replace - 9th January 2010
 * my home won’t be a hotel for grown-up kids'' - Two million mollycoddled young adults living off their parents? Count me out. I’ve cleared up the house enough already - 2nd January 2010
 * we fight for our right to a facelift?'' - Society expects women to look forever young. So American feminists have a point: a Bo-Tax on plastic surgery is sexist - 19th December 2009
 * big green line splitting North from South'' - Forget the polar bears. The true endangered species is the solvent Northerner, and it’s Southern eco-vanity that’s killing him - 12th December 2009
 * rich are different – even if Zac can’t see it'' - It’s easy to fall for the smooth charm of the Eton set, but they need to understand why we care about their tax status - 5th December 2009
 * and Dubai, parallel universes collide'' - If Dubai was a person it would be Katie Price. Both have tumbled from extravagant success built on virtually nothing - 28th November 2009
 * pantechnicon of porn hits a roadblock'' - A few amateur but angry campaigners have won a significant battle to stop the sex industry seeping on to the high street - 21st November 2009
 * of children has gone too far'' - Since when did raising a child elevate you to a state of grace with big benefits attached? - 14th November 2009
 * target our ire on the things that matter'' - Who cares about Jimmy’s jokes or Jan’s prejudices when there are big issues like war and bankers’ bonuses to enrage us? - 7th November 2009
 * age is a foreign concept for Somali pirates'' - It is the ultimate culture clash: the retired Tunbridge Wells couple and the gunmen who can’t expect to live beyond 48 - 31st October 2009
 * garlic and silver bullets are needed'' - To nip the BNP’s support in the bud, we need to expose its myths and smears in TV debate - 17th October 2009
 * knows no social boundaries'' - It’s glass war: the Tories don’t just hate violence and lawlessness, they hate these disgusting common drinks as well - 10th October 2009
 * Labour is like a hipster dad who just got heavy with his daughters'' - This Government has been like the worst kind of parent. We’re tired of swings from anything goes to everything’s banned - 3rd October 2009
 * should be dull, not an extreme sport'' - We must overthrow the cult of the car and the Lycra-clad vanguard of aggressive men, if more of us are to take to our bikes - 26th September 2009
 * heels won’t help achieve high ambitions'' - Women are happy to teeter about on 4in spikes because they bring power and glamour. Sadly it’s all just an illusion - 19th September 2009
 * and Julia: the tyranny of meals'' - Thanks to the food fetishists a woman’s work in the kitchen is never done - 12th September 2009
 * yourself and come with me to Edlington'' - When the pit goes, it destroys a fragile eco-system of work, money and stability. But the people stay and most tough it out - 5th September 2009
 * has no right to speak ill of our NHS'' - Free healthcare is the mark of a civilised society. It is the one principle that unites British politicians across the spectrum - 15th August 2009
 * guide to getting off rape charges'' - Juries will only convict if there is DNA under the fingernails, a screaming victim and torn clothes - 8th August 2009
 * push, you must know where the door is'' - Children of all backgrounds can achieve undreamt-of success, but only if we spot what makes them special and nurture it - 25th July 2009
 * a blow, or a medal, for marriage'' - The joint suicide of Sir Edward and Lady Downes shows how vital a lifelong partnership can be - 18th July 2009
 * and age are no longer divided'' - Decision to swap sixtysomething dance judge Arlene Phillips for a younger model is out of step - 11th July 2009
 * your selfishness. Go and help someone'' - Even hard-nosed City types are discovering the benefits of volunteering. So how can we harness the itch to be altruistic? - 4th July 2009
 * fans killed their idol. They always do'' - Those who professed to love Michael Jackson were vampires, feeders and jackals – their adulation hastened his end - 27th June 2009
 * the sunbed'' - Forget smoking bans in cars. The real threat to young life comes from cancer-inducing tanning salons on the high street - 20th June 2009
 * even Vogue thinks you can be too thin'' - A brave editor has exposed fashion's dark secret - that it is the designers themselves who demand ultra-skinny models - 13th June 2009
 * feel it. Obama's America is good for you'' - As you sit in upbeat New York you realise political leaders can lift your spirits. Then you look at curdled, negative Britain... - 6th June 2009
 * the shotgun - your time is up, Mr Fox'' - With the hunting ban dead and unmourned, now is the perfect moment to run my urban serial killer to ground - 30th May 2009
 * is a tougher game than reality TV'' - A rude awakening awaits any celebrity tempted by fleeting acclaim to enter the hard slog of a backbench MP's world - 23rd May 2009
 * son's SATs test was worthy of Sir Alan'' - It's a great lie that children hate to compete. Teachers may complain, but kids relish the win-or-lose logic of The Apprentice - 16th May 2009
 * Mary's journal of the plague week'' - Here on the frustrating front line of the swine flu outbreak we are swallowing our scepticism along with our Tamiflu - 9th May 2009
 * do I vote for now? The tricksy Tories?'' - The Labour project is like a field harvested to stalks, picked clean. Jarvis Cocker is right: it’s the end of an era - 2nd May 2009
 * thee to a miserable Swiss tax haven'' - Millions are losing their jobs and others having their homes repossessed. How dare the rich whine at paying more tax - 25th April 2009
 * girls: you'll never regret not doing it'' - Allowing abortion clinics to advertise on prime-time TV is fine, but what young women really need is help to say no - 28th March 2009
 * the next step? Gigolos for all women?'' - Don't be surprised at the BMW heiress. Today's empowered women have few qualms about paying for bedroom pleasures - 14th March 2009
 * a recession strips men and women bare'' - Marriage is a financial deal. So when unemployment hits home, what is there to prop up our fragile relationships? - 7th March 2009
 * bodies have lost the rudder of appetite'' - Gastric surgery can remove weight from the obese but cannot cure the underlying reason for their obsessive eating - 28th February 2009
 * - that's the wonder of wooliness'' - It will not marginalise Muslims pupils to sing hymns. It will give them some understanding of where they live - 14th February 2009
 * and stroppier: hire that woman!'' - Three matrons of a certain age have scored a victory over the distaste for post-menopausal womanhood - 7th February 2009
 * stupidity makes British patience snap'' - We should be angry that the skilled oilmen of Lindsey now find themselves flotsam and jetsam on the economic tide - 31st January 2009
 * worry. Kids are smarter than we think'' - The modern age is held up as desolate and dangerous for children. But this generation will thrive just like others - 24th January 2009
 * your sacked friends a quantum of solace'' - If you hear of anyone you know who has lost their job, kindness is often all we have - 17th January 2009
 * - resist the call of the cupcake!'' - Three cheers for Rachida Dati, who has put work before looking after baby. Yummy mummies are mostly a myth - 10th January 2009
 * you must be sick, don't be a sucker as well'' - People with colds these days would rather dose themselves with overpriced ‘cures' than simply retire to bed - 3rd January 2009
 * the retail butterflies soon to be crushed'' - No one will mourn the purveyors of useless tat. But the recession will also kill off proud sellers of small shopping delights - 27th December 2008
 * stock is falling with the Footsie'' - The egos of TV's brashest stars were more inflated than the credit bubble. And they are collapsing just as quickly - 20th December 2008
 * in Mayfair - viewing by appointment'' - When posh kids take over a residence they look after the period features and even leave behind some new works of art - 13th December 2008
 * ugly obsession with the body beautiful'' - Young women today know that talent matters, but that they will go farther if they have the looks to go with them - 6th December 2008
 * I'm not willing to spend for my country'' - It will take Gordon Brown at Bluewater to persuade shoppers to wave their credit cards in the face of a tsunami of debt - 29th November 2008
 * hatred comes to your home page'' - The suicide of a young teenager shows we must wake up to the crossover between the virtual world and real cruelty - 22nd November 2008
 * P and the pornography of child violence'' - Lurid images and salacious details distance us from suffering by turning tragedy into a modern penny dreadful - 15th November 2008
 * and Top Gear: it's about rebellion, not cars'' - Those presenters speak at throaty full volume for all those defiant Britons bored with our goody-goody culture - 8th November 2008
 * American motherhood ruined my life'' - We've been set impossibly high standards when it comes to raising children. What's wrong with benign British neglect? - 18th October 2008
 * hope our mad gambling session is over'' - We've learnt the hard way that you can't have something for nothing, but can we kick the habits of a decade of excess? - 11th October 2008
 * I love Sarah Palin'' - Despite the media coaching, cheesy winks and lapel pin the real attraction is her authenticity - 4th October 2008
 * Brown reinvents wife power'' - So much for the traditional role of silent political wife. Her appearance this week has rewritten the rules - 27th September 2008
 * me credit — I'm a financial illiterate'' - If we haven't a clue if the investment advice we're getting is sound, how can we navigate ourselves through today's world? - 20th September 2008
 * choice: STD sluttiness or 'true love''' - Abstinence may be cool in America but it's largely ridiculed on this side of the Atlantic. There must be a middle way - 13th September 2008
 * moms beat misogyny at its own game'' - Sarah Palin has put her children in the spotlight, and that is a dangerous place for a politician's family - 6th September 2008
 * for a glass of house red? That's no holiday'' - Listen closely and you'll hear the euromoan from the eurozone. It's British tourists looking at the prices abroad - 16th August 2008

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