Yasmin Alibhai-Brown



Profile:
Full name: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Area of interest: Society and politics (esp. race, multiculturalism and human rights)

Journals/Organisation: The Independent | Evening Standard

Email: [mailto:yasmin@alibhai-brown.com yasmin@alibhai-brown.com]

Personal website: http://www.alibhai-brown.com

Website: The Independent | Evening Standard

Blog:

Representation: AP Watt

Networks: https://twitter.com/y_alibhai



Biography:
About: http://www.alibhai-brown.com/about.php

Education: Kololo Senior Secondary School, Kampala, Uganda; Makerere University, Kampala; Linacre College, Oxford: Literature (M.Phil)

Career: Began by teaching adults, particularly immigrants and refugees, before becoming a journalist. Worked for New  Society and then on the New Statesman magazine in the early 1980s... Current position/role: Columnist, political commentator
 * Alibhai-Brown.com: Who am I?


 * also writes/written for: The Guardian, The Observer, The New York Times, Time Magazine, Newsweek, Daily Mail

Other roles/Main role: Author

Other activities:

Disclosures:

Viewpoints/Insight:
 * Epigram Online: interview by Etan Smallman, 4th December 2006
 * Yourlocalguardian.co: Nowhere to Belong: Tales of an Extravagant Stranger with Yasmin Alibhai-Brown review of Yasmin Alibhai-Brown's one-man show by Nancy Groves, 1st November 2007

Broadcast media: Regular broadcaster and a producer of documentaries for Channel 4 and the BBC; regular panel member of BBC's Question Time

Video:
 * You Tube: Yasmin Alibhai Brown On 18 Doughty Street Talk TV
 * BBC News, Daily Politics: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Jon Gaunt debate whether political correctness has really gone too far - Tuesday, 15th July 2008 (VIDEO)
 * IMDb

Controversy/Criticism:
 * Racism not tolerated at our club. Our club was deeply disappointed by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown's column (23 October 2012). Andy Ambler, Chief Executive, Millwall FC
 * Councillor arrested for saying columnist should be stoned, By Mark Hughes, The Independent, 12th November 2010
 * Awarded an MBE in 2001, which she later returned, see:
 * Why I have decided to give back my gong The Independent, 1st December 2003
 * Parliament.uk Minutes of Evidence, 26th February 2004
 * No wonder multi-culti media grandees hate blogs, Ed West, 21st September 2009
 * Wikipedia info

Awards/Honours:
 * Columnist of the Year, Asian Voice Political and Public Life Awards 2011
 * BBC ASIA Award for achievement in writing, 1999
 * Commission for Racial Equality special award for outstanding contribution to journalism, 2000
 * EMMA Media Personality of the Year, 2000
 * Windrush Outstanding Merit award, 2000
 * Awarded an MBE for services to journalism, 2001
 * Final shortlist for the Rio Tinto prize for journalism, 2001
 * GG2 Leadership and Diversity award Media Personality of the Year, 2001
 * George Orwell Prize for political journalism, 2002
 * EMMA award for journalism, 2004

Scoops:

Other: Aunt of Farah Damji, controversial ex-publisher of British Asian magazine 'Another Generation'



Books & Debate:

 * Equal opportunities at work: race: a handbook for racial equality (with Kaushika Amin, Europe Singh) (1991) OCLC 27144455
 * Racism (with Colin Brown, 1992) OCLC 24754847
 * The new Europeans and the olde world order (with Paul Gordon) (1992) OCLC 27378694
 * The Colour of Love: Mixed Race Relationships (with Anne Montague) (1992) OCLC 26353626
 * No Place Like Home (1995) OCLC 33476015
 * Black people and the criminal justice system (1995) OCLC 59474920
 * Working with ethnic minority elders: a guide for care workers (1996) OCLC 60285448
 * Hate Thy Neighbour (1998) OCLC 40746196
 * True Colours (1999) OCLC 49029846
 * After Multiculturalism (2000) OCLC 45496495
 * Who Do We Think We Are? Imagining the New Britain (2000) OCLC 46456259
 * Mixed Feelings: The Complex Lives of Mixed Race Britons (2001) OCLC 46847283
 * Some of My Best Friends Are... (2004) OCLC 56449023
 * From outside in: an anthology of writings by refugees on Britain and britishness (with Nushin Arbabzadah) (2007) OCLC 122953135

Latest work: The settler's cookbook: tales of love, migration and food OCLC467772698 New Ed. 2010

Speaking/Appearances:

Debate: 
 * BBC debate with Sean Gabb (Wikipedia info)
 * Debate over Islam:
 * Martin Amis vs Terry Eagleton (Wikipedia info)
 * Enough, says Amis, in Eagleton feud The Guardian, 13th October 2007
 * Is France right to "ban the burqa"?, Salma Yaqoob, leader of the Respect party, is opposed, while commentator Yasmin Alibhai-Brown believes the French may be doing the right thing. Amelia Hill chairs the debate, The Guardian, 2nd April 2011

Journals:

 * No regular column



Articles: 2017

 * Jill Saward let herself be named so her rapists would be shamed - 8th January



Articles: 2016

 * PC? Just call it political politeness. Even rightwing bullies could buy into that - Political correctness has become a term of abuse, even though it has given dignity and hope to millions. The movement needs a rebrand - 9th November
 * For Muslim women life had been getting better. No longer - The new report on joblessness shows the role played by discrimination – but attitudes within our community must change too - 13th August
 * Electing Sadiq Khan as mayor of London would be the terrorists’ worst nightmare - The very fact of a Muslim being in this high office could do more to combat radicalisation than any number of government strategies - 4th May
 * Shakespeare speaks acutely to our age of high-migration anxiety - From Othello’s downfall to the inter-religious love of The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare’s explorations of assimilation, black pride and imperial disdain resonate now more than ever - 1st May
 * It's our leaders who are creating a generation of terrorists - Europe is losing the battle because its leaders still indulge the sponsors of terrorism and germinate animosity and rancour - 21st March
 * Smear tactics cannot be allowed to derail Khan, the true Londoner in the mayoral race - ‘What does he really stand for?’ The answer is that he stands for London - 14th March
 * On International Women's Day, feminists need to speak out against female connivance - We must continue to fight male oppression, but realise that our internal members can do almost as much harm to our cause as external enemies - 7th March
 * How have the men involved in the Rotherham child sex grooming gang been treating their own wives? - The one question nobody asks is how these men have been treating their sisters and wives - 29th February
 * Today's student activists only reflect the censorship of our Government - I was like them once, too, a ferocious no-platform pugilist. But now I accept that when bad ideas are silenced, they can grow - 22nd February
 * Bernard Hogan-Howe is right: justice for victims of rape demands the truth - Some of us think he’s right that courts must test the veracity of the claims - 15th February
 * If he says he is anti-racist, why is Cameron guilty of ‘othering’ refugees? - Private individuals are stepping in where governments refuse to tread - 1st February
 * Only those who never knew it could be ‘proud’ of colonialism - This nation has never gone through an honest assessment of its past. But whitewash does not last – and truths will out - 24th January
 * The Cologne attacks were a disaster for women and migrants - These men believe that a woman out in a public space is asking for it. Some come from cultures where sexism is endemic - 11th January
 * Letwin’s apology is worthless. Racism is worse than ever - Racism today is more invidious than it was even in the days of Mrs Thatcher, and it is harder to get any redress - 4th January



Articles: 2015

 * Shaker Aamer is right - jihadis should leave or be expelled from the UK, and it's up to Muslims to say so - We disagree vehemently with many of the foreign and domestic policies of Western governments; we fight daily against prejudices and state oppression too, but we also know this country is where we belong - 13th December
 * Not one Muslim I know thinks war in Syria is justified - Promises come in thick and fast, as unreliable as all those made before – on Iraq, Libya and the ‘war on terror’ - 30th November
 * The 'Tatler Tories' affair shows how modern politics has become the survival of the nastiest - Men like Mark Clarke  will rule over us one day and the toffs in the present government will seem upright and humane - 23rd November
 * Pity the ripped-off footballers? I’m afraid I don’t at all - We need to challenge the idea championed by the right that tax is a form of oppression, and make sure everyone is paying their fair share - 10th November
 * A new book reveals the horrifying, and fascinating, details of daily life under Isis - It details all of Isis’s cruelty, but places it in the context of a very bloody history - 2nd November
 * How little we Brits have left to be proud of in our country - Under this government, British values boil down to economic whoredom, monetary privilege and the bottom line - 26th October
 * Some of the UK's settled migrants are hostile to the current plight of refugees. How can this be? - You see brown and black-skinned Britons on Question Time whose views would make Nigel Farage blush - 19th October
 * It was flawed, but Kids Company saved so many wrecked lives. What now? - How do you measure rekindled imaginations - hope grown in a heap of ashes? - 17th October
 * ‘Suffragette’ shows feminism’s success – and its flaws - We should acknowledge that gender parity is progressing and some females are getting into positions of real and total power - 11th October
 * Welcome to Toryland, a heartless place with no room for kindness - So off to the Tory Party conference. And this year their leaders may be more supercilious, sneering, smug and swaggering than usual: success always brings out the worst in right-wing politicians - 4th October
 * The evil empire of Saudi Arabia is the West’s real enemy - Saudis are active at every level of the terror chain: planners to financiers, cadres to foot soldiers, ideologists to cheerleaders - 28th September
 * For the sake of our children's education, we need to get rid of mobile phones in the classroom - They do nothing to help pupils learn, think, analyse or debate - 15th September
 * Stop British students boozing – for their sake and all of ours - It's time for us to stop thinking that drunkeness is socially acceptable - 7th September
 * All over the world, states inflict appalling suffering on gay people - And hostility isn't fading in the UK as quickly as me may want to imagine - 24th August
 * Even though they've been taught to fear it, women must now learn to love power - Men hold the keys to all organisations and institutions, and it's about time they were whole-heartedly challenged - 26th July
 * How can British Muslims respond to the latest outrages? - Other minorities face discrimination. They don’t create havoc and mayhem. Let’s rejoin the wider struggle against injustice - 28th June
 * If you voted for the Tories you consented to the splintering of Britain into six nations - This government’s brutish front-benchers have sharpened their biggest knives, and introduced planned poverty - 23rd June
 * The dynamic diversity of our history should give us courage - During the election, right-wing politicians, hacks and proprietors divided Britons so they could get to rule over us - 8th June
 * From Fifa to Tony Blair — I’ve tried to understand the rich, but I just can't - These capitalists really do see themselves as redeemers, even those who pay their staff nothing - 1st June
 * Don’t blame migrants – the West helped to create their plight - When bigots tell me to go back to where I came from, I remind them I am here because the British government supported Idi Amin - 24th May
 * Progressive thinking can come from surprising directions - ‘More Human’, by one of Cameron’s most trusted friends, is, in parts, more unabashedly moral than any by Labour insiders - 18th May
 * Liberalism? It’s been tweaked and polished and sold by the Tories - This election showed something precious may be going from our nation - 11th May
 * Not voting in the general election makes you responsible for the worst that follows - Not voting is a choice, a serious choice. Couch potatoes who can’t be bothered need to realise what that means - 4th May
 * Lutfur Rahman has devalued the struggle for racial justice and equality, and I hate him for it - The disgraced mayor's sins against democracy are as despicable as his transgressions against those he claims to defend - 27th April
 * General Election 2015: Female audacity has made the male leaders – all of them – look cowardly - The NHS is talked about incessantly by the men, but women voters don’t seem to trust any of them - 20th April
 * Our politics are more confusing than ever — but we must understand what's at stake this election - The women impressed at the leaders debate, and Nigel Farage showed his true colours - 6th April
 * The bravery of those many Jews who fight for a fairer Israel - Hamas is a wicked and dangerous force in the Middle East. But Israel is now more wicked and dangerous - 30th March
 * With venality, vice and degeneracy rife, it's no wonder that the public has lost interest in politics - After the latest eruption of donor scandals, how can any political party say they're not influenced by the rich? - 23rd March
 * As a Muslim woman, I see the veil as a rejection of progressive values - When even young girls are being dressed in hijabs, we need to ask what the female cover-up symbolises - 21st March
 * The pressures for success on our teenage daughters are driving them to self-harm - Young girls, I fear, cannot be sheltered from external forces or the storms raging in their hearts and heads - 16th March
 * This isn’t an anti-feminist backlash – it’s a brutal war on women without rules - Wherever you look, women and girls are not safe, not thriving - 9th March
 * Thanks to Channel 4 we now see just how appallingly Yarl’s Wood detention centre shames Britain - The TV expose that shows a system with brutality and callousness at its heart - 1st March
 * The jihadi girls are just part of a long line attracted to mad, bad men - Messianic fervour, millenarianism and magnetism can whip up female hormones alarmingly, and this isn't just confined to fanatic Islam - 23rd February
 * Political satire is funny, but it also causes cynicism and apathy - As the May election approaches, we need to pick up optimism - 3rd February
 * At least Ukip is openly bigoted – the Tories just hide their disdain for people like me - Too many Tory MPs harbour supremacist attitudes. The mask fools no one - 26th January
 * Inequality is threatening to tear our democracy apart, yet the Government is only encouraging it - The rich think they can play by their own rules, and I hate it - 19th January
 * Far too many Western Muslims speak of freedom as a sin - Muslims who have never known real freedom yearn – and die – for human rights - 12th January
 * The Royal Family are exempt from Freedom of Information requests and can veto BBC programmes. Why do we put up with this? - Their unchecked influence and lack of transparency defies belief - 5th January



Articles: 2014

 * The CIA’s torture is just a symptom of America’s unpalatable reality - If the US is delusional and duplicitous, the UK is even more so - 15th December
 * Why is Barack Obama so passive in the face of racial injustice? - It seems inequality gets even more entrenched when a person of colour reaches the top - 7th December
 * Black Friday: We need to face up to the greedy capitalism that is making us so fat - According to the consultants at McKinsey Global Institute, obesity costs the NHS more than wars and terrorism - 1st December
 * Sadly, it needs to be said again: being a Muslim is not a crime - This is what Catholics must have felt like in the 16th and 17th centuries - 23rd November
 * In-your-face racism has returned and few are fighting against it - Those at the top say nothing, while ethnic-minority politicians are the biggest cowards of the lot - 9th November
 * Child abuse inquiry: Yet another expensive, time consuming and cynical strategy - It could take 20 years; panel members could get too old to remember, or die - 3rd November
 * We must wake up to the silent suffering afflicting too many young men - Today, males under 40 are three times more likely to kill themselves than women - 28th October
 * Russell Brand might seem like a sexy revolutionary worth getting behind, but he will only fail his fans - Politics needs to be cleaned up, not thrown into disarray by irresponsible populists - 20th October
 * The main parties’ cowed reaction to Ukip’s success is shameful - The biggest worry is not that this “Tea Party” has got so far so fast, but that it is not being challenged any more - 13th October
 * It is now our solemn duty as Western Muslims to stand with our adopted homeland against the murderers of Alan Henning - Imams have denounced the killers, so has the Muslim Council of Britain, and young Muslims have started a #notinmyname campaign; but it isn’t enough - 6th October
 * In the fog of war, one thing is certain – bombing Isis will increase the chance of home-grown terror - Whether the RAF's bombs find their targets or not, it doesn't bode well for the UK - 29th September
 * To hear the Yes campaigners, you’d think London was the most evil place on Earth - I’ve had it with people freely expressing their contempt for our capital city. Let London be free, independent of the UK - 22nd September
 * I don’t want the Scots to break away. But we can all learn from the Yes campaign - We are witnessing a stirring display of political engagement - 8th September
 * David Cameron is exploiting our fears so that he can take away our freedom - Instead of introducing draconian new laws, the Government needs to crack down on the wealthy states funding those who threaten us - 1st September
 * The Rotherham child abuse scandal is a tale of apologists, misogyny and double standards - The shocking new report exposes the dangerous attitudes that exist in some of the UK's Asian communities - 28th August
 * The tragic tale of Tilbury's migrants exposes the hopelessness of our immigration system - Few policy solutions are available which don’t further punish the desperate - 18th August
 * Torture? Spying? The freedoms Britain prides itself on are illusory. We live in a secret state - Millions of Brits still believe that they live in a land of the free and that their betters know best - 4th August
 * Israel’s reaction has been vicious and misdirected - Hamas aren't looking for peace, but the response they've provoked has resulted in the deaths of a shocking number of innocent Palestinians - 14th July
 * There’s a nasty smell in the political air – and it’s coming from the Tories - What kind of party is this? - 7th July
 * Explanations for why British Muslims go off to fight ‘holy wars’ are too simplistic - Those in power don’t want to know about the psychological profiles of these troubled young men - 30th June
 * Beware the politician who thinks a debate about ‘British values’ is the way to voters’ hearts - They don’t want to encourage such dissent, this fundamental enacting of Britishness - 15th June
 * If you want to stop extremism in UK schools, try a little understanding first - Politicians are muddled, hysterical, disconnected from wider truths, and still clueless about religious ideologies - 9th June
 * Women have long fought for justice for women who are the victims of extreme violence. It’s time men joined the fight - Farzana, Meriam, the Delhi teenagers - one outrage after another demands a universal response - 2nd June
 * Ukip didn’t actually win very much, but we seem to have lost the will to take a stand against the xenophobes - Not all Ukip supporters are racist, but all of them support a party that attracts racists - 26th May
 * The NHS is being suffocated by cynical politicking - But let’s never forget that it represents the best of British idealism and energy - 12th May
 * Let’s concentrate on bigger battles than Clarkson - Clean speech and forced politeness has become an end in itself - 5th May
 * Ryan Giggs is only a hero if we ignore his record off the pitch - I can’t forget that, not that long ago, he was notorious for his bedroom scores - 28th April
 * An open letter to Nigel Farage: you may smile, but I am not seduced - This is a man absolutely of the establishment - 21st April
 * Why bring these sex crime court cases? For a very good reason - Since the Roache, Travis and Evans acquittals the police and CPS are being mocked, but this mood of scepticism and blame will deter victims from coming forward - 14th April
 * Ahmed Kathrada was eclipsed by Mandela, but still very much a true hero - He was incarcerated for 26 years, but when he was released he became Nelson Mandela’s trusted political adviser - 7th April
 * I’ve finally become thoroughly British – I’m hooked on dieting and now I’m as mixed-up and miserable as the rest of the country - Food faddism and hopelessly muddled advice sap the will - 31st March
 * With Britain becoming ever more unequal, we need the likes of Tony Benn and Bob Crow more than ever - That’s two more leftie nuisances gone. Now back to big business as usual - 17th March
 * The confinement of four Saudi princesses is a reminder that the Gulf states are evil empires, especially if you are a woman - In the country where Islam’s most precious shrine is located, there is no equality, no dignity, no basic humanity extended to daughters, sisters, or mothers - 10th March
 * If aspects of 1970s culture sanctioned the sexual abuse of children, are things any different now? - The libertarianism of the Left has been replaced by the libertarianism of the Right. But the victims are the same - 3rd March
 * I grew up in poverty. So I know for a fact that the scars left on children do not easily heal - Today, in the seventh-richest country in the world, this government is on an ideological mission to punish and degrade the poor - 24th February
 * The floods may have finally shocked rightwingers into taking climate change seriously - Surely refuseniks feel duty-bound to rethink beliefs. Some clearly can’t or won’t - 17th February
 * It is a disgrace that there are so few women Conservative ministers. But that they are all white is even more so - Diversity of late has been about gender parity, not about race or class - 10th February
 * The Great War centenary will push militarism down our throats. Resist the peddlers - Britain is arguable more addicted to wars, past and present, than even the US - 4th February
 * Bollywood glamour and roaring economic progress have blinded us to India’s misogynist reality - India is the fourth most dangerous place in the world for females, after only Afghanistan, Congo and Pakistan - 27th January
 * What is it about male politicians that they seem to have such problems dealing with women? - In France, female MPs endure obscene gestures, wolf whistles and other insults - 20th January
 * It would be racist not to intervene and prevent gender-selective abortions - These hateful attitudes are rooted in archaic expectations - 15th January
 * I owe the police my life, yet our service is not what it should be. It is mistrusted by too many Britons - Only black MPs felt able to say that the Duggan verdict was baffling and contradictory - 13th January
 * Nick Robinson is wrong. On immigration, the BBC has a duty to moderate our national conversation - When doors are opened to neo-jingoists, broadcasters must ensure fairness - 6th January



Articles: 2013

 * Lee Rigby murder: Why do some Muslims choose politics and others violence? - And why is this a question we never ask ourselves? - 23rd December
 * This is a modern Christmas, so eat, drink and forget about the poor and the needy - In December the humble son of God gives way to the voracious god of mammon - 16th December
 * It’s shameful that our universities have accepted gender segregation under pressure from the most oppressive religious fanatics - This capitulation is a disaster for feminism, progressive ideals and above all Muslims - 9th December
 * We are all dangerously in thrall to the mirage of that perfect life which Nigella Lawson seemed to embody - Too many people think others have idyllic lifestyles, bodies, relationships, sex - 2nd December
 * As their attitudes towards immigrants show, the Tories seem to have forgotten who they are and what they stand for - The party tries hard to project inclusion, but can’t be inclusive - 25th November
 * They’ve betrayed feminism, they define life in terms of sex, they’re always whingeing. What’s wrong with today’s younger generation? - Each decade the spoiling gets worse and is mistaken for perfect child rearing - 18th November
 * Western armies know they are not answerable to any overseer – they do as they please - The murder carried out by Marine A is not just shocking in itself. It speaks of a wider Western attitude in all its arrogance and brutality - 11th November
 * Drugs are bad, but being fat is worse in public eye - Unattractive designer Karl Lagerfeld has for years been rude about non-skinny females - 11th November
 * Our hostility towards migrants is both shameful and hypocritical - One in three NHS workers is trained overseas. Without them there would be no service - 4th November
 * The public wants press regulation. And it’s right - If any other profession had so many victims, the press would bring them down - 28th October
 * 12 Years a Slave tells an American story; but when will Britain confront its own history of slavery? - African-American writers will not let their nation forget. Where is the UK equivalent? - 21st October
 * Women are complicit in misogyny, too - We must face up to the many ways in which women support the pornification of society, rather than fighting it - 14th October
 * Why do so few black and Asian Britons vote Tory? - The party has proved itself no friend to ethnic minorities in this country - 7th October
 * When did television fall in love with murdering women on screen? - We must beware of glamourising these monstrous acts - 30th September
 * Liberal defenders of the veil have lost their way - When faces are hidden those tiny, vital facial signs of human contact and mutuality go missing - 23rd September
 * Fully veiled women hinder progressive Islam - Toleration is good but not when it prevents fair interrogation and robust argument - 16th September
 * Memo to our leaders: real men take responsibility - The people of Britain are heartily sick of macho posturing on the part of public figures - 7th September
 * The special relationship is over. At long last! - We would be saner about our own destiny without this sad dependency on the US - 2nd September
 * When did university become a factory? - What has happened to the places of free thought and experimentation, where minds expanded? - 19th August
 * In Muslim lands there was a dream of democracy. But now it has died - The Arab Spring was real and authentic, a surge to claim human rights and remake ossified nations that were ruled by dictators. What happened next? - 10th August
 * The Government’s shameful scapegoating of immigrants - The Home Office messages subliminally warn all people of colour not to get too comfortable - 5th August
 * How money and amenity contend in our cities - Buildings are political, a statement of the relationship between power and the people - 29th July
 * Only change at the top can mend the BBC’s ills - Individuals are appointed without any open competition for key roles. They are almost all men, white, of a certain class and educational background - 22nd July
 * A year on from the Olympics, what remains of the "Isles of Wonder" euphoria? - That nation celebrated in the opening ceremony by Danny Boyle is dying. Here we are today allowing the state to neuter trade unionists and worker’s basic rights - 15th July
 * Why I cannot rejoice in Morsi’s downfall - How naive we all were when this Spring started with the first fall of an Arab dictator - 8th July
 * One dark secret to another: Can the Met go any lower? - Promises deliver little as institutional racism lives on - 30th June
 * The shocking callousness at the top of the NHS - For the CQC leaders, the patients seemed to have been an irrelevance. The system had to survive - 24th June
 * Today’s young women have betrayed feminism - I squarely blame the young with their foolish apathy and criminal self-indulgence - 17th June
 * This battle over how Britain's military and colonial history is taught is also a battle for Britain's future - From the Mau Mau uprising in 1950s Kenya to the human catastrophe of World War 1, the UK wilfully edits out the dark, unholy, inconvenient parts of the national story - 10th June
 * Chime For Change: It takes more than bling to change the world - For Gucci and others, the priority seems to be self-aggrandisement and brand enhancement - 3rd June
 * Why do Muslims keep having to explain themselves? - We hate Islamicist brutes more than any outsiders ever could - 27th May
 * Austerity has hardened the nation's heart - According to the latest survey results, 56 per cent think benefits are too high and stop people looking for work. At the height of Thatcherism, the figure was 35 per cent - 20th May
 * Don’t be fooled by Ukip’s charm, it is xenophobic and creates fear - The ugly truth is that Farage and his gang are encouraging the hatred of the outsider - 13th May
 * Behind the use of drones is a complacent belief that murdering Muslims is always justifiable - Islamic terrorism is undeniably evil, but that doesn't make this state-sponsored, state-engineered terrorism a proportionate response - 29th April
 * 20 years after the murder of Stephen Lawrence, it’s taboo to talk racism - If he were alive today, would be living in both a better and a worse world - 22nd April
 * Beware of the rabid right, not the loony left - In the wake of Thatcher's death it has been shown once again that the most intolerant, Stalinist and insistently PC forces are on the right - 15th April
 * Lee Halpin's tragic story shows the terrible plight of the homeless - but does anybody care? - We are slyly slipping back from the caring society that founded Crisis and Shelter to one holding Victorian attitudes to work, poverty and misfortune - 8th April
 * Pity the men who suffer in silence - Men get less support from their friends than women in the aftermath of a bereavement - 24th March
 * Why do we cosy up to these Wahhabi tyrants? - People are spied upon, foreign workers enslaved, and non-Muslims are treated with contempt - 18th March
 * Hooray for Bollywood: 100 years of Indian cinema - The Indian film industry is the biggest and loudest on the planet - 17th March
 * Pryce has been chastised, why isn't the adulterous Chris Huhne being blamed for his family's misery? - There are sexist double standards still apparent in the treatment of Vicky Pryce and other wronged wives. The ‘hell hath no fury’ vision is misogyny's worst nightmare - 11th March
 * How did modern Islam become so intolerant? - Israel's occupation of Palestine, Islamophobia, and disastrous Western interventions all create grievance. But no injustice can excuse or explain the rise of brutal Islamicists - 25th February
 * Mansion tax? A palace tax is what we need - We now see hereditary peers as an anachronism, but refuse to see the same applies to the Royals - 18th February
 * Pay attention Michael Gove, this is the British history we really need to learn about - The Tories are on course to diminish, cut-and-paste, and abridge our multi-layered, unpredictable, audacious, turbulent, incredible national saga - 11th February
 * The NHS isn’t perfect, but it’s worth preserving - It is at these times of utter disillusionment that we most need to champion the best of the NHS - 4th February
 * Mary Berry goes all contrary with a simple recipe: take one part ignorance, add poison, and stir well - The celebrated presenter of The Great British Bake-Off has made clear her aversion to the victories chalked up by feminism. She clearly doesn't know much about it - 28th January
 * Algeria, Mali, and how the murder of hostages shows our leaders play into the hands of Islamists - Those who were caught up in the Algerian shootout were victims of pitiless terrorists. In that Cameron is right. But distorted Western values made them vulnerable targets - 21st January
 * India's women are speaking out about rape. When will Britain's women do the same? - Depressingly, unlike in India today, British Asians and Arabs will not confront community secrets and lies - 14th January
 * We always knew aunts were important - There are times when daughters and mothers just can't get along, and aunts have to step into the breach - 7th January



Articles: 2012

 * The cultural surprises of 2012: JK Rowling’s new novel, Salman Rushdie’s pompous memoir and hero Danny Boyle - The pressies were the usual nice and familiar stuff - 31st December
 * What would Jesus think of Christmas today? - The poor are scorned while this religious festival turns into a feast of consumerism - 24th December
 * Whether she wins Sports Personality of the Year or not, Jessica Ennis represents the best of Britain - As new figures reveal our country is more comfortable with people of mixed race than ever before, this heroine from Sheffield is ambassador for a very modern nation - 10th December
 * What happened to that nice David Cameron? - When I met Cameron five years ago, I was taken with his fresh voice, keen intelligence, openness and tolerance - 3rd December
 * Our media demonises immigrants, refugees and Muslims. What will Lord Leveson say about that? - The true scandal is how our press whips up race hate and fear of minorities by inventing or exaggerating stories. And yet on this matter we remain strangely silent - 26th November
 * Time to remind ourselves of Britain’s unhelpful legacy to the Palestinians - It's 95 years since Lord Balfour informed Baron Rothschild that Britain would back a new Jewish state. The anniversary has been marked not with fireworks, but bombs - 19th November
 * The body harpies have it in for Adele. For the sake of all women, let's hope she stays strong - Sophie Dahl, Fern Britton and Anne Diamond have all gone skinny of late - 12th November
 * The Tories are emasculating the Equality and Human Rights Commission - The Government is attempting to frame human rights and equality as a fringe concern, but these are issues that should matter to us all - 5th November
 * These child benefit reforms are vicious and ideologically backwards - I used to think Ian Duncan Smith cared for the poor and dispossessed - 28th October
 * Rio Ferdinand was right not to wear the Kick it Out shirt – and he’ll pay for it - The footballer will learn that if you complain about racism, you will suffer the consequences - 21st October
 * Let those who suffered at the hands of Sir Jimmy Savile speak out and be heard. All else is betrayal - The claims made on behalf of an earlier media culture water down his grisly crimes - 15th October
 * Controlling abortion limits is a way of controlling women - The argument, ostensibly about abortion, is really about women’s advances towards equality - 8th October
 * Wicked. Twisted. Wrong. But from Megan Stammers to Jimmy Savile these cases are not all the same - Let's be clear, there's a difference between child sex abuse and child abduction, however often they are lumped together in the popular imagination - 1st October
 * Where’s the ‘freedom’ in the freedom to abuse? - In good societies there have to be curbs on what can be said. Sometimes freedom has to give way - 24th September
 * Mobs in the Middle East, Salman Rushdie's new book, and how progressive Islam fell to the barbarians - Of course I have very deep sympathy for oppressed Muslims everywhere. But that is no excuse for this counter-productive rampage - 17th September
 * This spiv's easy rehabilitation is shameful - Blair and Bush are not Milosevic or Assad but they have a case to answer - 10th September
 * Not all disabled people can be world-beaters - Now there is a pressure to fight fate, overcome limitations, and emulate inspirational athletes - 3rd September
 * Experience is not the same as expertise - I wish Russell Brand well and respect his resolve, but he is neither a saviour nor a reliable authority - 13th August
 * Anyone who now thinks Britain is too multicultural? - The anti-immigration squad must have found Golden Saturday a bit awkward - 6th August
 * If girls are aping Kate and Kim we're in trouble - Proper trophy women understand the deal. They wear pinky-beige shoes the colour of Barbie's feet - 30th July
 * The Games are here, but they don't belong to us - Only a fool would say the modern Games don’t need big bucks and big names - 23rd July
 * What's worse than racism? Complaining about it - White racism is still an evil, still around, and will, after Terry’s victory, be more active and shameless - 16th July
 * Our paranoia is a victory for terror - Authorities have a vested interest in inflating national anxiety - 10th July
 * Do women really want to be so submissive? - '50 Shades' success shows a dissonance between female equality achieved and that willingly surrendered - 2nd July
 * The powerful talk loud but don't say anything - The faux-confrontations and schoolboy noise during Prime Minister's Questions are mere theatrics - 18th June
 * Why do so many fall prey to toxic self-hatred? - The enemies within – female editors, businesswomen and TV high priestesses - who coldly destroy girls and women - 11th June
 * Grown up and not left home? That's good to hear - Pooling of resources can't happen if we stigmatise 'boomerang' children and see them as parasites - 4th June
 * The case for a republic is still strong - A head of state should be chosen by the people, someone who merits the position - 28th May
 * Is there no alternative to this tale of two nations? - Reaganomics and Thatcherism instigated the shift away from social cohesion to individualism - 21st May
 * Why so little condemnation of Israel's extremism? - The moralistic Chief Rabbi will not be on 'Thought for the Day' expressing sorrow for the treatment of the men - 14th May
 * How did sexual relations become so brutalised? - Sexual freedom was a necessary, progressive change. But sadly, sex was devalued in the process - 7th May
 * Who will care for these lost and abused children? - The assessments are that poor and hasty decisions are being made – in my view to save money - 30th April
 * Shakespeare offers us lessons in race relations - In ‘Antony and Cleopatra’, assimilation is not a demand but an irresistible force - 23rd April
 * Policemen are racist because our society is racist - Nobody cares when Muslims who have never been tried are parcelled off to the US - 16th April
 * I'm a believer, but I don't want a state run by God - No nation should wilfully split up its young and herd them into schools only with their own sort - 9th April
 * The US is showing us how to march with dignity - We reacted with outrage when Stephen Lawrence was murdered. Now we just react with nihilism - 2nd April
 * Everyone has a theory, but still no one has answers - The causes of last year's riots are still contested every day by every sector of society and every specialist - 26th March
 * Too many exiles are tragically complicit in evil - The terror of regime change has expelled mercy and human fellowship from these pro-Assad émigrés - 19th March
 * If royals are special, let them compete, like Harry - Britain feels like North Korea-lite in this period of national sycophancy when adulation is mandatory - 12th March
 * Why are some opinions still beyond the pale? - The brainwashed public believes all benefits claimants are no-good scroungers - 5th March
 * Why breaking up should be much harder to do - Many have accused me of washing too many wet hankies in public, of being obsessed with the past - 27th February
 * There is a gaping hole in the Leveson Inquiry - For non-white Britons press coverage has been so bad for so long that a fatalism has set in - 20th February
 * We've become experts at sex – but losers at love - There's no doubt sex is better for most Western men and women. With love, however, the news is bad - 12th February
 * Oxford should refuse the Iron Lady this honour - Baroness Thatcher's ideas should be freely taught, but a centre bearing her name would be a sign of undisputed greatness - 6th February
 * The talent that lies beyond the 'brightest and best' - Tell me if there's been any period since the 16th century when there was no hue and cry about "floods" of immigrants - 30th January
 * Those who would murder Rushdie will never learn - Muslims must begin to see that minds need to be liberated if political freedom is to transform their lives - 23rd January
 * We will repeat the past if we don't remember it - My ancestors were set up by the British to be the racially exclusive middle class, a role we then relished - 9th January
 * Honours that show the old order reasserting itself - The nation has turned away from progressive politics. The right owns government, culture and media - 2nd January



Articles: 2011

 * Christianity deserves better worshippers - Too many are like Cameron, part-time Christians of convenience who use religion as a weapon - 26th December
 * The terrible cost of low self-esteem - Magazines and images in the public space make almost all of us despise our bodies - 22nd December
 * Men still rule from the bedroom to the boardroom - There is no shortage of sisters defending the hideous status quo - 12th December
 * Don't be fooled. We're not all in this together - Health inequalities today between the richest and poorest are worse than they were in the 1920s - 5th December
 * A very modern form of menace - We who are stalked and threatened online are told it is because we put ourselves out there - 28th November
 * Beware the seduction of the charismatic leader - We have Boris, our own loveable rogue. That cheeky chappie look, the unkempt hair, the low cunning - 14th November
 * In divorce, children's rights trump those of parents - If their mums and dads can't be together, children want as normal a life as possible in one home, not to be divvied up day by day - 7th November
 * As protest gathers force, so does state oppression - Christianity has shown that it readily compromises its own ideals when it comes to money and power - 31st October
 * Guns first, then with indecent haste, the deals - As the regime fell, victory turned to vendetta and voyeurism - 24th October
 * Fundamental liberties are to be cherished... - ...but too often they are defended spuriously - 17th October
 * Laws which protect us all - The new Tories are the enemies of a more fair and fulfillling society - 10th October
 * Hope transfusions - Heaven knows why we're all so miserable now - 3rd October
 * What really makes us great - Cameron's campaign is feeble, unpersuasive, culturally illiterate - 26th September
 * Mothers, keep things in perspective - Problems of the privileged have been taken up at a time of global recession - 19th September
 * Clouds over the Arab Spring - Rage against Israel's policies is justifiable, but not expressed like this - 12th September
 * Is the shadow over Muslims lifting? - Many British Muslims have come out of denial and now recognise that extremism flourishes in ordinary families - 8th September 2011
 * without any rights know all about 'erotic capital''' - Hakim attacks feminists for devaluing the sexual currency held by British women. I can only thank them for freeing us from lives endured by millions - 22nd August
 * every dictator is a loyal spouse'' - Stuff, it seems, assuages the guilt and responsibility that should be felt by the wives of autocrats - 8th August
 * will stand up for refugees?'' - Barnado's has agreed to run support services in a deportation centre - 25th July
 * crimes that women commit against each other...'' - can be more sadistic than men - 18th July
 * revolution: How artists have been inspired by the Arab Spring'' - Feature: Events in London and elsewhere are highlighting responses by painters, poets and musicians to the Arab Spring, the run of political uprisings that has stunned the world - 15th July
 * treat foreign artists like dirt'' - Some of the most accomplished are being humiliated or sent packing - 11th July
 * most delicate relationship'' - Thoughts on Carolyn Bourne's email to her future daughter-in-law - 4th July
 * freedom is not so sweet'' - Others are prepared to die for the liberties we can’t be bovvered with - 27th June
 * worry Kate, there will never be a royal expenses row'' - The entourage to Canada and the US will be 'humble' with only seven adults accompanying the couple. The national self-delusion is now untreatable - 20th June
 * does dressing like a 'slut' help protect women?'' - Feminists have lost their compasses - 13th June
 * will go on rearing its ugly head until we shout stop'' - In our times, to complain about racism is a crime - 6th June
 * poisonous time to be a woman'' - Imagine reaching for the top, then think what happens if you do - 30th May
 * Obama worthy of our hope?'' - Americans appear divided on the President's achievements and fudges - 23rd May
 * perimeters of free speech'' - Those who say the battle is between freedom and suppression are wrong - 16th May
 * plots are worth believing in'' - If Osama bin Laden had been tried, what might we not have found out? - 9th May
 * blaming Israel for everything'' - We must judge all governments by the same universal values - 2nd May
 * should be allowed help to die'' - Why should I have my family share with me my most wretched days? - 18th April
 * speech and absolute right'' - Should people who set out to provoke be allowed to do so with impunity? - 11th April
 * burka is wrong – but so is banning it'' - Sixteen reasons why I object to this dangerous cover-up - 4th April
 * must listen to voices of protest'' - Those in power are rather good at undermining popular dissent - 28th March
 * hypocritical intervention'' - We cannot go on cultivating hideous leaders and then turning on them - 21st March
 * damned than beautiful'' - Fashion hides scenes of cruelty, self-loathing and exploitation - 14th March
 * are the men to help women fight their battles?'' - We must keep fighting until our half of the human race gets its proper share of the world – of dignity, respect, and rights - 7th March
 * young Muslims must see what freedom means to Arabs'' -The martyrs they see in Libya and Egypt are sacrificing themselves for a better real world, not to escape to a hedonistic and over-sexed afterlife - 28th February
 * is still a man's world'' - Boorish men who debase and pornify women are still indulged - 21st February
 * the seeds of hatred'' - Nobody has the right to pass on the infection of racism to children - 14th February
 * message is that Muslims are not wanted'' - They are being used to as a distraction - 7th February
 * is wrong...'' - But are we women our own worst enemy? - 31st January
 * takes an outsider to see just how rotten this state can be'' - We always believing our country is best - 24th January
 * not only the old who are getting bullied off the screen'' - Such foolish and obtuse decisions are made everyday by those in charge - 17th January
 * Straw is right to ask hard questions about Asian men'' - Fear of racism should no longer be the veil covering up hard truths - 10th January
 * an unsung heroine of our modern history'' - She was tiny, not quite 5ft tall and almost always in a sari and cardi - 3rd January



Articles: 2010

 * painful smell of nut roast'' - Those who betray at Christmastime are making sure there is no forgetting - 27th December
 * of Tiny Tim haunts coalition'' - If only we had our own Dickens to fight for our defenceless young - 20th December
 * shouldn't mean doing exactly what you want'' - Words can be weapons against the weak - 13th December
 * of Strictly Come Democracy'' - By pretending to make a fool of herself, Ann Widdecombe makes a fool of us - 6th December
 * men and white women'' - I've been goaded into writing this column by the barbs filling my inbox - 29th November
 * Blair-Hitchens reality show'' - Belief and scepticism deserve better champions than these two - 22nd November
 * most precious possession'' - Post-colonials and their children have reclaimed English and made it their own - 15th November
 * has validated the haters who think it is OK to threaten me'' - Nothing I said on the Nicky Campbell show was so outrageous that it should provoke such a response from a man who should know better - 12th November
 * is declared on the welfare state'' - Our country is in the hands of dogmatist free-marketers - 7th November
 * misogynistic view of women'' - Most of my good gay friends truly like femininity. But I have known some phobic ones too - 1st November
 * worse record than Saddam's'' - It could fuel terrorism, but keeping the stories hidden was always wrong - 25th October
 * must some guilt be collective?'' - I hate it that some people are forced to carry the weight of history - 18th October
 * conferences same as usual'' - But I love attending for the intelligent discussions at small, intense events - 11th October
 * forces of hate are still with us'' - The powerful appear to be focused on the white working and workless classes - 4th October
 * now for the centre left?'' - The Big Society cannot be a substitute for a state in the fight against inequality - 27th September
 * selfish search for the self'' - These existential crises are borne of high expectations and emotional greed - 20th September
 * two faces of modern America'' - Even before the 9/11 attacks, millions of Americans despised Muslims unfairly - 13th September
 * stench from the blogosphere'' - Think of them as the worst end of the press, disreputable and intrusive - 6th September
 * power turns virtue into vice'' - Will I read Tony Blair's memoir? Maybe skim through it and throw it on a bonfire - 30th August
 * Campbell isn't at fault'' - State villainy carries on because high-minded leaders can let go of the moral principles when the price is right - 9th August
 * megaphone diplomacy'' - We are now expected to refrain from criticism of India - 2nd August
 * we learn about child crime?'' - The Michael Howard line on prison will have gathered more converts last week - 26th July
 * bunch of mediocre wastrels'' - The monarchy binds the British people into dependency and subservience - 19th July
 * sorrow of the silent witness'' - My only sister's carers seem nice, but she is retreating further into herself - 12th July
 * the aftermath of tragedy'' - Five years ago, bombers struck at the heart of British society. But what that terrible day revealed was the depth of our tolerance - 7th July
 * are we promoting Islamicism?'' - Britain beds down with disreputable characters and governments - 28th June
 * has all the love gone?'' - The burning flame of passionate mutuality is burning out as people obsessively chase ratings in the mating game - 20th June
 * of the imperial imagination'' - Gove wants to whitewash the story of British imperialism - 14th June
 * scientists don't know best'' - Sometimes we are duped by charlatans who make us believe they can cure us - 31st May
 * won't forgive and forget Iraq'' - Ed Balls and the Miliband duo seem to believe their past stains will wash of - 24th May
 * new golden age'' - While the pound and euro teeter on the brink, gold is more valuable than ever. But what inspires our lust? - 19th May
 * up against the burka'' - Community fetishes cannot override obligations, equality and duties - 17th May
 * new MPs I'm glad to see'' - The election delivered some remarkably enlightened results - 10th May
 * for society's faults'' - Gillian Duffy was bigoted, because she lumped eastern Europeans into her moan- 3rd May
 * island home really isn't so bad'' - We have what it takes to rise to any number of challenges - 26th April
 * there any way that some 'outsiders' might get a look-in?'' - I thought this year there'd be a breakthrough but it was not to be - 20th April
 * we close our borders, we close our minds'' - A fear creeps up on me. I hear my late mother's exhortative voice, her frequent warnings: "Don't show your anger to them. They will take away your passport. Then where will you go?" - 12th April
 * callings, base desires'' - The custodians of impossible morality turn into monstrous predators - 29th March 2010
 * future of politics lies with women'' - The leaders are trying to charm us with vacuous words and meaningless policies - 22nd March
 * asylum policy is a disgrace'' - Fractured histories have inspired some of the most talented people on earth - 15th March
 * are running out of friends'' - British establishment has surpassed its disgraceful record in attitudes to Islam - 8th March
 * do we judge Woods and Cole?'' - When a black man cheats, race is seen as a factor. But not if the man is white - 1st March
 * you do immigrants' jobs?'' - Our instinct for survival makes us push the work ethic into our kids - 22nd February
 * closed minds that deny a civilisation's glories'' - Islamic websites that control people - 15th February
 * hope of common sense in war against anti-Semitism'' - They knowingly mix politics and race - 8th February
 * 4's Indian Winter is an insult to Asians'' - It’s all too typical of British television, from panel games to detective dramas - 2nd February
 * British empire is striking back'' - Like Blair, this inquiry is imperialist. Dusky natives have no voice - 1st February
 * cloak of darkness'' - Used as a political protest, veils have potency – but the price is too high - 25th January
 * who write memoirs know'' - Lady Antonia has had her critics. But we tell our stories because we can - 18th January
 * for extremism'' - The collapse of all restraint in society is pushing some Muslims to the edge - 11th January
 * are right to ban the burka, even if it is for the wrong reasons'' - France has never delivered égalité or fraternité to its immigrants - 8th January
 * done, PD James...'' - ... but will the BBC get the message? - 4th January



Articles: 2009

 * promises on race'' - Time to make sure the games are what Mandela believed they could be - 21st December
 * and PC'' - It's not PC enforcers who are guilty of neglecting the spirit of Christmas - 14th December
 * the most class-ridden country'' - There is something about the chutzpah of theTory boys - 7th December
 * I'm feeling sorry for Blair'' - We should have had ordinary Iraqi and British citizens on the inquiry panel - 30th November
 * is my gender in retreat?'' - The truth is that all nations would prefer it if women went back indoors - 23rd November
 * libel laws silence our democracy'' - Most journalists have to accept severe limits on what we can say about crucial issues - 16th November
 * does self-hatred afflict so many non-white people?'' - The urge to lighten one's skin colour is a disturbing sign of 'ethnic' psychosis - 2nd November
 * America and us'' - America's racial divide is healing faster than our own - 26th October
 * speech is fine until it's against you'' - Freedom is what we must seek, but lack of restraint leads to dehumanisation - 19th October
 * sex evokes a visceral fear'' - I once danced with a black Briton in a hotel in Atlanta and nearly caused an incident. The hostility got so thick we had to leave - 17th October
 * the heart of the middle class'' - The party conference messages were slick – but less so the reality - 12th October
 * time to stand up and fight the new misogyny'' - Ours is the age of libertine sexism and verbal debauchery - 5th October
 * Israel's nukes count?'' - Netanyahu wants to keep up the idea of his plucky, vulnerable little state - 28th September
 * Left's guilt and shame'' - Ugly populism is fast food for the disillusioned - 21st September
 * abandon history at our peril'' - Some children thought Churchill was the first man to walk on the moon - 14th September
 * barbaric terror strategy'' - Here we have the three Ds – destitution, detention and, finally, deportation - 31st August
 * was wrong to support war in Afghanistan'' - Myth of Afghanistan as “graveyard of empires” bewitches British Muslims - 24th August
 * need to break out of the ghetto'' - I am well used to the fake fury and rage - 20th August
 * answer to hate is humanity'' - Barenboim's concerts sell out because they represent possibilities - 17th August
 * is the wrong man for this job'' - Captain Trevor Phillips hangs in there, ingloriously defiant to the last - 27th July
 * in paradise'' - Going back was a life lesson in the potency of the whole historical truth - 20th July
 * burqa is not acceptable'' - To deny face-to-face interaction is to deny our shared humanity - 13th July
 * speech can't be unlimited'' - We must define the boundaries of what is acceptable on the internet - 6th July
 * about Jackson's kids?'' - Michael Jackson was both a victim of bad parenting and a perpetrator - 29th June (See: Jackson Michael Jackson: summary)
 * must think the unthinkable'' - Britain must economise to recover from the downturn - 22nd June
 * to the bad old days of greed'' - It is business as usual after a brief spell of detox - 15th June
 * who fled the battle'' - Is it sexist to accuse Flint of liking to use her stilettos? - 8th June
 * wicked mothers-in-law'' - This abomination calls for a new abolitionist movement - 1st June
 * in the faculty'' - Ruthless power plays in academia are as common as good wine - 25th May
 * I feel betrayed by people I admired'' - I feel more fury when black and Asian people are caught up in expenses abuse - 18th May
 * do we condemn children to such terrible care homes?'' - Let us look to Denmark and Germany - 11th May
 * be female under Islamic law?'' - A dark age is upon us - 4th May
 * debt to foreign soldiers'' - Brown preaches about 'Great British Values'. How about the Gurkhas? - 27th April
 * do the police serve?'' - Millions of Britons are repelled by the bullying they have seen - 20th April
 * hear it for our luvvies'' - Why grumble at Keira for promoting an unglamorous cause? - 6th April
 * is now impossible to trust any 'official' inquiry into Iraq'' - This institutionalised duplicity - 30th March
 * an unequal society, we all suffer'' - Mental illness and obesity are worse in inequal nations - 23rd March
 * make light of pain of divorce'' - The end of a relationship leaves a permanent bruise - 16th March
 * wash my dirty linen in public too'' - Julie Myerson's only crime is that she is honest - 9th March
 * Muslims fight for freedom?'' - Some refuse to accept that non-Muslims are equal - 2nd March
 * saga of secrets, lies and horror'' - The US and UK pay others to do what Saddam used to do - 23rd February
 * planet are our critics on?'' - There’s an extreme dissonance between consumers of art and those who judge it - 16th February
 * Verses’ forced me to declare myself a Muslim'' - Suddenly it was okay to despise Muslims - 9th February
 * who seek justice do so in vain'' - Some nations – and some leaders – are beyond the reach of the law - 2nd February
 * struggle for equality'' - Female job losses are happening at twice the rate of men's - 26th January
 * friends cannot justify this slaughter'' - How many Palestinian Anne Franks did the Israelis murder? - 19th January
 * you can't just say what you like'' - I have some sympathy for Harry. In an age of verbal break-out, anything goes - 12th January
 * tears for white working class'' - Even those who claim to speak for immigrants flock to indulge them - 5th January



Articles: 2008

 * still lying about Iraq'' - Gordon Brown has been spinning his own fairy tale of Baghdad - 22nd December 2008
 * is an Oprah Winfrey issue'' - I too wasted years trying to get to the size of Paula Yates - 15th December 2008
 * members for immunity'' - Damian Green is enjoying the moment. Can't blame him really - 8th December 2008
 * must confront the truth about Mumbai'' - There must be Muslims in India who are supporting the unsupportable - 1st December 2008
 * is the media outrage over Gaza?'' - Four cheers for the feisty Lauren Booth, sister-in-law of our special Middle East envoy, Tony Blair. But what exactly is he doing? Desperately searching for his legacy I suppose, like the weapons of mass destruction hidden in the sands somewhere, waiting to be unearthed - 24th November 2008
 * state panders to parents'' - The only people in the country who can still be lawfully hit are children - 17th November 2008
 * can't force patriotism on a people'' - After spending millions, Brown is giving up trying to fix a national identity - 10th November 2008
 * do Home Secretaries turn into such monsters?'' - This power grab is made possible because the people are frightened - 3rd November 2008
 * Britain elect a black premier? Not any time soon'' - The number of non-white local councillors has actually fallen - 27th October 2008
 * must be right to let people decide if they want to die'' - Those who help cannot be criminals - 20th October 2008
 * may share a language, but that's it ...'' - The UK is mesmerised by the American presidential election. The result will affect all our futures. But is it too much already? - 13th October 2008
 * are going to pay dearly for the loss of Sir Ian Blair'' - The erstwhile head of the Met championed race and religious equality measures - 6th October 2008
 * bigots imperil our nation's future'' - One in four Britons questioned are fearful that their safety is threatened by migrants and blame this group of "others" for declining British pride - 29th September 2008
 * Muslims who despair of terrorism'' - There are many Pakistani-Britons who are proud of the culture of Pakistan. But their pride and idealism are fast draining away - 22nd September 2008
 * self pity, it's the angst of our age'' - when the downturn hits, some will have to decide to sell up that abode in Andalusia and go sometimes to Asda, instead of M&S or Waitrose - 15th September 2008
 * are just as much victims of the workplace'' - My husband has moved to working four days a week this year, and it has changed our lives - 8th September 2008
 * confrontation is a calamity for the capital'' - We could call it the "Bonfire of the Vanities", but that literary cliché feels glib for what is happening in the Metropolitan Police today - 1st September 2008
 * don't deserve this hatred'' - 25th August 2008
 * your skin is just too dark'' - Asian, Arab and black models may look exquisite, but they can't survive in such a hostile habitat - 11th August 2008
 * No welcome - now the Turks don't even want to join Europe - Europe had the chance to end the chasm between Islam and the West. It chose to be bigoted - 4th August 2008
 * Don't portray Muslims as victims. We've moved on - Subtle shifts are taking place, and supposed enemies are now friends - 14th July 2008
 * In a sea of corruption we only catch the small fry - I met Derek Conway recently and there was no tremor of culpability - 7th July 2008
 * Religions should not be allowed to make ghettos - Some ardent Christians, Jews, Hindus and Muslims wish to demolish our secularism – 30th June 2008
 * When loyalty gets the better of morality (about: Zimbabwe) – 23rd June 2008
 * Political labels no longer mean very much - Today the most fanatical holders of prejudices against new migrants are old migrants – 16th June 2008
 * Calling Obama black is an insult to his mother - An honest history would acknowledge the white men and women rubbed out by the label – 9th June 2008
 * A lament for the death of the left as a political force - Most depressing is the sight of black and Asian Britons following the wind blowing Tories to victory – 2nd June 2008
 * From the right to free expression to a duty to offend - One is required to deride Mary Whitehouse. But if no watch is kept, society ends up depraved – 26th May 2008
 * This week, I've been ashamed to be a woman - Cherie still defends the war in Iraq. Hillary would go nuke Iran – 19th May 2008
 * Eat only local produce? I don't like the smell of that - The language in this debate is a proxy for anti-immigration sentiments – 12th May 2008
 * In Kampala, 1968 was a bit more complex... - Obote was rattled: what if the young, educated elites in his country acted up too – 5th May 2008
 * Why should Muslims put up with being stereotyped? - Like everyone, we are creatures of many parts. But we are not allowed such complexities – 28th April 2008
 * Londoners would be mad to vote for Boris - He could win. The public is gullible; rich white folk and parts of the press love him – 21st April 2008
 * Why British Asians don't get the arts and don't want to either - It's all about making money and making good – and that... is a tragedy – 21st April 2008
 * A reminder of the real cost of living - Friends in India who work with rural women say that lentils are no longer affordable – 14th April 2008
 * We must learn more about these murderous men - Long is the line of experts on what drives people to terrorism, yet we are none the wiser – 7th April 2008
 * The real star of the show wasn't Carla – I was in New York when Mme Sarkozy was presented to the nation naked on the pages of some newspapers - 31st March 2008
 * This unhealthy strain of left-wing McCarthyism - We argued about Israel, US arrogance, royalty and republicanism (about: BAP)
 * Powell's Rivers of Blood are back again - Back in the spring of 1968, East African Asians were adjusting to the retreat of colonialism - 10th March 2008
 * Being a mother is a tough job, but wonderful too - My children are my gold, and far from draining my selfhood, they fill it, and give it substance - 3rd March 2008
 * Corruption is now endemic in our political culture - 25th February 2008
 *  We've a problem with food – and Delia's not helping - Delia is back after five years... - 18th February 2008
 * Our crimes in Iraq must not be forgotten - If the alliance was arrogant at the time of the invasion, it is even more so today - 12th February 2008
 * What he wishes on us is an abomination - Sharia is nothing but a human concoction of medieval religious opinion - 9th February 2008
 * Real freedom is being able to do as you please - I gave up on time-bound jobs so I could cook and pick up my daughter from school - 4th February 2008
 * Why is racial abuse now considered acceptable? - I don't care how people feel about me. I do expect them to treat me with minimal courtesy - 28th January 2008
 * We deserve better than Boris or Ken - London is the world's favourite city. Why so? - 21st January 2008
 * Just who is to decide excellence in arts funding? - The arrangements are condescending and unfair; promising not distinction but exclusion - 14th January 2008
 * No-go areas that are all in the bishop's mind - What makes an immigrant priest turn into such a vicious bulldog? - 7th January 2008



Evening Standard:
Column name:

Remit/Info: Society and politics - especially race, multiculturalism and human rights

Section:

Role: Columnist

Pen-name:

Email:

Personal website:

Website: Standard.co / Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Commissioning editor:

Day published: Thursday

Regularity: Weekly

Column format:

Average length:



Articles: 2009

 * London needs to speak every language - or over half a million schoolchildren in Britain - one in seven - English is a second language. Middle England has reacted with shock to the new figures. Calm down, guys. Languages are a gift, not a disease - 19th March 2009
 * Stay calm and face down these Islamist boors - Trust me when I say that most of us British Muslims detest the fanatics who screamed at British soldiers parading in Luton this week even more than outraged non-Muslims do. We want the ground beneath them to open up - 12th March 2009
 * Pity poor mothers: the nanny always wins - Tory frontbencher Caroline Spelman must return the £10,000 she claimed from the public purse to pay her nanny in the late 1990s, who, apparently, also did secretarial work - 5th March 2009
 * Ivan’s lesson: look the disabled in the face - Ivan Cameron died yesterday, aged only six. He had cerebral palsy and epilepsy and couldn't move much or communicate, except I imagine his parents did... - 26th February 2009
 * Sisters are doing it to themselves - Stamping her well-heeled little feet, Sienna Miller whinges about the "sisterhood", more vicious to her than the universal brotherhood of sweetiepie men - "It is women who are holding us back. It is women who are doing the judging." - 19th February 2009
 * The reality TV show every parent must see - I flopped down on Tuesday night and turned on the telly. Channel 4 was broadcasting Girls and Boys Alone, a series I knew I would detest, as many have - 12th February 2009
 * Sorry, Carol – Auntie had to dump you - Carol Thatcher says she is baffled that a remark made by her in jest has caused such upset. The top brass at the BBC have decided that her services... - 5th February 2009
 * I’m over 50 but you ain’t seen nothing yet - The future is scary, especially for working women, who are losing jobs faster than men in the recession - 29th January 2009
 * Let's savour this moment while we can - Britons of colour were ecstatic on Tuesday. Some let rivers of joy run down their faces, some screamed out as if the hills and oceans needed to know... - 22nd January 2009
 * It's OK to play the colour card if you're posh - Quieten down, I say to those building up fresh outrage over Prince Charles and his polo buddy, Kolin Dhillon, aka "Sooty" - 15th January 2009
 * Tame London's 4x4 parking road hogs - Beautiful, countrified Richmond is home to many Londoners with huge, showy cars, slowly killing the place they love - 8th January 2009

<td bgcolor="#F0F8FF" style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;padding:1em;padding-top:0;">

Articles: 2008

 * An East End triumph of hope over evil - Why did these men turn into murderous monsters? I try but cannot understand. Bilal Abdulla and Kafeel Ahmed were not poor, ill-educated, vulnerable, gullible or victims of racism. Confidently middle class, they had everything going for them - 18th December 2008
 * My two children, divided by classroom fads - My children are living proof of the damage done by passing educational fads. This is what makes my heart sink reading this week's government report by respected educationalist Sir Jim Rose on the primary school curriculum - 11th December 2008
 * I’ve had it with buying gifts for my man - December is here again and I am still stuck for gift ideas - 4th December 2008
 * For now, Boris, my old enemy, I salute you - I have been implacably hostile to Boris Johnson for a decade. Yet today I find my resistance to the Mayor is melting, and fast - 26th November 2008
 * You just don't have The X Factor, minister - How dare Andy Burnham use up precious parliamentary time to interfere with The X Factor? - 12th November 2008
 * Black heroes who honour their white roots - Obama has got his most glittering prize but his beloved grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, will not be there to throw her arms around him - 5th November 2008
 * A disgusting Brand of sexist garbage - Should the likes of Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross ever be as uninhibited as they think they have a right to be? - 29th October 2008
 * We must keep the flexitime option, especially through these tough times - As the recession bites, all but the most shrewd businessmen and politicians panic and make hasty statements they will rue - 22nd October 2008
 * Enter, stage Left, a new fan of the Lords - The newly ennobled Lord Mandelson, bedecked in proud red robes, is the latest Lord to go a-leaping into power in our parliament, bypassing the tedium... - 15th October 2008
 * Raw rage beats forgiveness any day - How impressive is Carolyn, widow of Michael Todd, the philandering chief constable of Greater Manchester who froze himself to death on Snowdon - 8th October 2008
 * The BBC pumps up our Muslim hotheads - It is Eid today, the Muslim festival marking the end of the arduous month of Ramadan, when we give up food and drink from sunrise to sunset. We should... - 1st October 2008
 * Bravo to the greys standing up to the state - John le Carré is one of my heroes — because he is an angry old man, churned up about politics, injustice and the voracity of the powerful - 24th September 2008
 * The pitbull beguiles me but what if she wins? - I Googled Sarah Palin and got 20,800,000 hits. That's how many times she is currently mentioned, the Governor of Alaska and new mum with a Down's... - 17th September 2008
 * The little Indian local that made it big - Fantastic news. In the Seventies Mohammad Tayyab, a Pakistani immigrant, worked in a sweatshop before opening New Tayyabs, a cheap yet authentic curry... - 10th September 2008
 * preachers of hate betray their sisters'' - However hateful their views, there is now something familar about the image of most extremist Muslim preachers: hairy and scary - 3rd September 2008
 * Paxo - you're not the endangered species'' - I have learned the hard way that you do not ever take on the big beasts of broadcasting, almost all white, middle-class, oxbridge and male.If you dare to question their views, you are blackballed, kept off screen and station for the longest time - 27th August 2008
 * burka-free city with a lesson for London'' - I have been in Vancouver, a city rightly most proud of is its multicultural population - 20th August 2008
 * a chubby child is no picnic - I know'' - We know too many British children are inactive and heavy. Now the Department of Health has decided to weigh and measure primary school kids and inform... - 6th August 2008
 * My chapattis are ready for love, not ego - "Men think first about technique; women think first about their emotions," says Hélène Darroze, the top French chef now running the kitchen in the beautifully refurbished Connaught Hotel... - 16th July 2008
 * If it's racism you want, head out of town - This city was awarded the Olympics for its energy, diversity and irrepressible optimism - and there was a welcome reminder of that this week - 10th July 2008
 * Black mothers face a hard truth over knives - Walking with Ben Kinsella's bereaved sisters on Tuesday's poignant march were black men and women - 3rd July 2008
 * Only Sarah can unlock the real Gordon - A year ago tomorrow, Gordon Brown took power. Best not wish him happy returns. Daily, dreadful poll results show his popularity tumbling. Devout... - 26th June 2008
 * Foes, as well as friends, must have justice - This week, two obtuse and fanatical London Muslims who manifestly hate the West witnessed great British justice - 19th June 2008
 * Adultery always hurts - and I should know - Mira Kirshenbaum's newly published book on "ethical" infidelity - When Good People Have Affairs - should have a health warning. Reading it made my... - 12th June 2008
 * Threatened girls must be taken seriously - Arsema Dawit, 15, stabbed to death in Waterloo, is not just another teen killing to add to those in London already this year. Her case typifies a... - 5th June 2008
 * We all have a duty to Victoria's memory - "I am still learning that other children are still dying" - the chilling words of Berthe Climbié yesterday morning brought me up sharp (Victoria Climbié) - 29th May 2008
 * My daughter, too, gets her say on abortion - Wednesday morning, 7am, groggy after a bad night, and my daughter, 15, shakes me awake, not because she can't find her hockey socks but to discuss... - 22nd May 2008
 * To save our kids, we must turn them over - In the Eighties, I was out on the streets of London protesting against stop-and-search police operations - 15th May 2008
 * Complacency is the BNP's best friend - On St George's day I was a panellist at a lively public debate on racism, terrorism and the state in London - 1st May 2008
 * What I now have in common with Jemima - Jemima Khan was born into boundless wealth, handed exquisite looks, glides in and out of parties in gorgeous dresses, is resented (and yes, envied) by... - 24th April 2008
 * At last, some good news about children I recently wrote in this paper about Melissa,a young girl I mentor through FUN, an organisation in north London that matches adult volunteers with... - 17th April 2008
 * Steer clear of men who worship mamma - Fabio Capello, England's football coach, 61, is, according to his widowed mother, Evelina, "a mimosa flower, a mummy's boy" - even though he has... - 10th April 2008
 * I'll buy no more books by this monster - Patrick French has just published an unflinchingly honest biography of Nobel prize-winning writer VS Naipaul, who comes across as unpleasant and... – 3rd April 2008
 * I don't want Asian elections in Britain - Most British Asians are genuinely committed to our (almost) clean electoral system. Most also find dishonour unbearable; what others think of us... - 20th March 2008
 * At risk - the haven for 'honour' victims - This week many of us British Asians have had to hang our heads in shame and collective self-reproach - 13th March 2008
 * Let's take on the hospital car-park rip-off - The lucky Welsh. Their devolved government has decided to make all hospital car parks free. Here in England, alas, we humbly accept our exploitation... - 6th March 2008
 * This passion for dangerous dogs is barking - Yasmin Alibhai-Brown just doesn't get the British when it comes to their love of dogs - 28th February 2008
 * Liz Hurley and the Indian servant problem - Violet D'Souza claimed she worked 70 hours a week for Liz Hurley and her loaded husband Arun Nayar and was paid as little as £1.20 per hour for... - 21st February 2008
 * What will it take to make TV colour blind? - When will we black and Asian Britons no longer need to wag our fingers at institutions which remain wholly white at the top? - 14th February 2008
 * We need more Muslim MPs like Sadiq Khan - I wouldn't be surprised if Jack Straw has known for a while that the cops were listening in on the prison conversations of Tooting MP Sadiq Khan - 7th February 2008
 * I've had to change my mind about sus laws - The police are to get more powers to stop and search people without giving detailed reasons. I hear this and am fearful that we will return to the... - 31st January 2008
 * Yes, I cheated for my child's education - I wholeheartedly agree with David Cameron when he defends parents who play the system, sometimes cheat, in order to get their children into good... - 24th January 2008
 * The Muslim men we can all be proud of - So Diana's mother, Frances Shand Kydd, called her daughter a "whore" for "messing around with f***ing Muslim men" - 17th January 2008
 * Picket the homes of the 'honour' killers - Shafilea Ahmed, 17, disappeared from her Cheshire home in 2003 after a trip to Pakistan where she was made to meet a chosen husband. Her response to... - 10th January 2008
 * A tribal tragedy for the Africa I love - Another African country, another rigged election, killings and mayhem: the usual stuff, many Londoners will think, as Kenya convulses and... - 3rd January 2008

<td bgcolor="#F0F8FF" style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;padding:1em;padding-top:0;">

News & updates:

 * How I exposed Stuart Hall's sex abuse. I have been waiting anxiously for this moment, the moment when Stuart Hall would either be found guilty or innocent of the sexual abuse of young girls, 3rd May 2013

<td bgcolor="#F0F8FF" style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;padding:1em;padding-top:0;">

References:
<td bgcolor="#F0F8FF" style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;padding:1em;padding-top:0;">

Links:

 * The Guardian articles
 * New Statesman articles
 * Wikipedia bio