Camilla Cavendish



Profile:
Full name: Camilla Cavendish

Area of interest: Environmental, economic and social issues

Journals: The Times

Email: [mailto:camilla.cavendish@thetimes.co.uk camilla.cavendish@thetimes.co.uk]

Website: TimesOnline / Camilla Cavendish

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Biography:
Education: Oxford University: Politics, Philosophy and Economics; Harvard: Kennedy School of Government Public Administration Program (Scholarship), MA

Career: Has worked as a McKinsey management consultant; aid worker; CEO of a not-for-profit company

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Awards/Honours: Joint winner of the Paul Foot Award for campaigning journalism, 2008 (see links below)

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The Times:
Column remit: Environmental, economic and social issues

Section: Features

Role: Columnist

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Email: [mailto:camilla.cavendish@thetimes.co.uk camilla.cavendish@thetimes.co.uk]

Website: TimesOnline / Camilla Cavendish

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Day published: Friday

Regularity: Weekly

Column format:

Average length: 950 words

see also Family Justice series



Articles:

 * booming world is a reason to be cheerful'' - Despite bleak GDP figures and Pfizer job losses, global growth gives Britain its best chance of balancing the books - 3rd February 2011
 * their hands – the little guys can save us'' - Small businesses can generate the growth we need so desperately. But only if they are freed from crazy red tape - 27th January 2011
 * abolish the idea that easy is good enough'' - Just 16 per cent of children pass the ‘English bac’. We do them no favours by pretending all GCSEs are equal - 20th January 2011
 * needs us as much as we need it. For now'' - Western business is being dangerously naive as Beijing tries to bully, buy and spy its way to world dominance - 13th January 2011
 * is no basis for justice'' - How can anyone be proved innocent when they are already damned as guilty in blogs or on Twitter? - 6th January 2011
 * parents. Marriage. Why is that taboo?'' - Fifty years of orthodoxy is at stake, but Frank Field is right to suggest that child neglect begins at home - 16th December 2010
 * wins a skirmish, but may lose the war'' - Although the Nobel boycott looks appalling to Western eyes, it is a sign of deep insecurity inside Beijing - 9th December 2010
 * to Cancún: privatise the rainforests'' - We must make trees more valuable alive than chopped down. That means we must pay to protect them - 2nd December 2010
 * can be no growth if everyone’s broke'' - Europe’s recovery depends on exports. But unless we find new trading partners a lost decade beckons - 25th November 2010
 * adoption system. Grown-ups needed'' - With 12.000 children looking for homes, we may have to turn to America to break our cycle of misery - 18th November 2010
 * can’t just trust experts on the risk to a child'' - Unless courts drop the concept of ‘emotional abuse’ more mothers will be tempted to flee with their children - 11th November 2010
 * can’t have excellence and social engineering'' - To get more working-class students into university, we need better schools, not more state interference - 4th November 2010
 * is our chance to put Europe in its place'' - The Greek debt crisis has given David Cameron an opportunity to win back money and power from Brussels - 28th October 2010
 * cuts were easy. Growth is the big problem'' - Osborne has achieved Stage 1. But unless he tackles tax rates and onerous employment law, there will be no new jobs - 21st October 2010
 * US college experience shows fees work'' - If students pay they can expect more of their universities. But we mustn’t let prices spiral to Ivy League extremes - 13th October 2010
 * the coalition we must all work together'' - The age of bribes is over. Cameron has boldly made clear that he aims to reinvent the whole business of government - 7th October 2010
 * we cut legal aid, do families not bleed?'' - As a poignant case in Coventry illustrates, slashing legal help for vulnerable people could prove disastrous - 30th September 2010
 * Big Society is about bowling together'' - It’s not so complicated after all: making connections with other people breathes life into communities - 23rd September 2010
 * don’t make a doctor punch the clock'' - Illnesses don’t follow ‘structured pathways’, so why should physicians? These rigid rules are killing our NHS - 17th September 2010
 * don’t need new laws to call Crow’s bluff'' - Anti-strike legislation could split the coalition. But there are other ways to prevent a spring of discontent - 9th September 2010
 * teacher, leave these academies alone'' - New schools offer a way to break the cycle of underachievement. We mustn’t let vested interests undermine them - 2nd September 2010
 * hours are women’s enemy, not low pay'' - The men-only model of achievement is alive and well in ‘extreme jobs’ that leave no time for life outside work - 20th August 2010
 * say sorry. I promise I won’t sue you'' - Management-speak means never having to say you’re sorry. An Apology Act would enable us to be human again - 23rd July 2010
 * jobs – make it easier to sack people'' - Redundancy is painful. But firms have no incentive to hire if it’s almost impossible to fire - 16th July 2010
 * high passes are hiding low expectations'' - Overqualified and underachieving, a generation of children is being conned - 9th July 2010
 * and glass has a place. But not everywhere'' - Prince Charles was right about the plans for Chelsea Barracks. At least he is not overawed by a big-name architect - 2nd July 2010
 * Shannon, what about the other 304,000?'' - It’s impossible to expect social workers alone to keep bad parents on the straight and narrow - 18th June 2010
 * jobless men – the social blight of our age'' - The benefits system has produced an emasculated generation who can find neither work nor a wife - 28th May 2010
 * five-year plan that might really work'' - Its project may be Soviet in scale, but give the coalition credit: it has bold ambitions to shift power to the people - 21st May 2010
 * must be fair to everyone – even the rich'' - Prosperity masked deep social divisions. As the cuts bite, the fractures will widen unless the pain is shared - 14th May 2010
 * in the IMF to tell us how bad it really is'' - The next government needs the backing of the big boys to drive through cuts. It’s much worse than we think - 6th May 2010
 * want The West Wing, not The Office'' - Our Parliament is stifled by inexperience and patronage. Let’s have an American-style system - 3rd May 2010
 * get a raw deal – but the MPs don’t get it'' - When voters say they want change, they mean an end to a system which favours cheats – in banks or on benefits - 21st April 2010
 * Lib Dem would be a vote for chaos'' - As tempting as it would be to punish the two main parties, a hung Parliament would be disastrous for Britain - 16th April 2010
 * is it ‘brave’ to want children and a career?'' - Our working lives will last 40 years. But taking just a few years out for a baby can ruin a lifetime’s prospects - 9th April 2010
 * an aid success story or a tyranny?'' - Our money is eradicating poverty. But it may also be used to prop up a repressive regime - 24th March 2010
 * the real world, the public sector must pay'' - Private sector workers are tired of footing the bill for bloated, inefficient services and the fat cats who run them - 9th July 2009
 * sticks to family court reforms promise'' - The Justice Secretary faces a big task but letting the media report the substance of proceedings is an important shift - 9th July 2009
 * the Government who won't learn'' - The new schools White Paper obfuscates the need to impart basic knowledge by jargon and guff - 3rd July 2009
 * warring kings won't work'' - The Bank, the Treasury and the FSA must stop arguing and help businesses to borrow - 26th June 2009
 * cuts without being cruel'' - Encouraging people to help each other break the cycle of dependency on the welfare state - 19th June 2009
 * mad to deny cuts are coming'' - Everyone knows the money has run out. We need politicians to spend less and to spend more wisely - 12th June 2009
 * spending is up — or down, depending who you listen to'' - A confusing war of figures has broken out, but no party can pretend that the hole in public finances can be filled easily - 11th June 2009
 * battle: the view from the blue corner'' - Labour in crisis is good news for the Tories, but does the prospect of a new leader actually upset their best-laid plans? - 5th June 2009
 * powerless Members of Parliament'' - The public are not only outraged by expenses but by the readiness of politicians to relinquish power - 22nd May 2009
 * renewable force meets an irreplaceable object'' - A green oil company can halve diesel emissions. But obtaining its wonder ingredient involves destroying vital rainforest - 15th May 2009
 * report shines light on Cinderella children'' - Report takes a rare look at the children – mostly boys – whom schools find disruptive, but who are too often left in limbo - 13th May 2009 (see: Schools failing to provide education for excluded pupils, Ofsted says)
 * families are safer for children'' - We still turn a blind eye to the danger posed to children by step-parents - 8th May 2009
 * guidelines patronising and dangerous'' - BMA move, prompted by the Baby P case, may encourage over-reporting of everything from frequent crying to harmless bruises - 7th May 2009
 * are all suspects in the new inquisition's eyes'' - A safety quango will vet one in four adults in the name of child protection. It won't stop predators, but it will corrode trust - 1st May 2009
 * Enterprises still heads for the rocks'' - Instead of a serious plan for recovery, the childish Chancellor served up fantasy forecasts - 24th April 2009
 * tough choice - cut pay or cut jobs'' - Public spending must be pruned hard. But that need not mean getting rid of teachers, nurses and police - 8th April 2009
 * G20 protesters do have a point'' - Behind anti-capitalist ranting lie genuine concerns about globalisation that world leaders are ignoring - 3rd April 2009
 * is a dangerous distraction'' - Politicians have done a shockingly bad job of explaining why we must bail out banks - 27th March 2009
 * mortgaging our future'' - Throwing money at inefficient services can create as many problems as it solves - 20th March 2009
 * education gets A* for defeatism'' - British schools are failing. But when a useful idea emerges it gets shot down in flames - 13th March 2009
 * parents need publicity'' - We hear the details of children left in danger. But what of the families of those removed unjustly - 6th March 2009
 * in a tortured position'' - We allow extraordinary rendition because we can't reconcile human rights with the threat of terrorism - 27th February 2009
 * dangerous diet of pizzas and porkies'' - If the recession turns really sour we may rediscover how to eat well. But not if we delude ourselves that cheap is good - 20th February 2009
 * heroes in the tale of Sir James and the Dragon'' - Paul Moore has exposed the greed in the banking system. He was right about risk, but his timing was all wrong - 13th February 2009
 * way ahead in race to be green'' - The President's bold speech on renewable energy has thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the world - 6th February 2009
 * barriers blocking the rescue party'' - Our ingenuity has saved us before, but there are too many burdens on the back of entrepreneurs - 30th January 2009
 * rescue ship heads for the rocks'' - What should be a well-constructed bailout is being undermined by confusion and short-termism - 23rd January 2009
 * lobby faces terminal decline'' - Approval of the third runway looks like a victory. But it could be the last time the air industry gets its way - 16th January 2009
 * faith in experts fails justice'' - Professionals giving evidence in court are supposed to be independent not hired guns - 9th January 2009
 * courts: what changed on the long walk to freedom'' - Jack Straw's long-awaited decision to open up proceedings is a welcome one, fuelled by an ever-increasing lobby of which The Times has been at the forefront - 16th December 2008 (see: Innocent but presumed guilty - the first article - Back in January 2006, we asked how many homes were being broken by closed and secretive family courts)
 * must turn up the green heat of technology'' - Britain needs to raise its game. Producing green-collar jobs means serious innovation in finance and manufacturing - 12th December 2008
 * the IOC. London needs a new Games'' - The 2012 Olympics won't help community sport or tourism. But with fresh thinking it can regenerate a huge area of London - 5th December 2008
 * therapy won't cure the banks'' - Threats and punishment are no way to get lending going and restore life to the financial system - 28th November 2008
 * Haringey did take into care'' - Did financial pressure mean Baby P was left in his home when others in less danger were removed? - 21st November 2008
 * P's cries must not cause despair'' - For all the feckless behaviour and incompetence witnessed, enlightened new approaches do exist - 14th November 2008
 * lessons that need to be learnt from Baby P'' - Camilla Cavendish, who won an award for her campaign for more open family courts, gives her reaction to the tragedy - 13th November 2008
 * is ripe to change the climate of fear'' - We can create green-collar jobs, cut fuel bills and boost small businesses if we reject science fiction and accept real science - 7th November 2008
 * at home and then by the State'' - Women who manage to escape domestic violence then find themselves under suspicion - 31st October 2008
 * They really are watching us'' - The State's growing mania for gathering information is turning us into a nation of suspects and informers - 24th October 2008
 * homes. Help small businesses'' - It will be outrageous if banks force companies off the edge through their lending policies - 17th October 2008
 * Brown: conquering hero must not forget the home front'' - At home, there remain many unanswered questions about the details of the Government’s rescue package for British banks - 16th October 2008
 * guilty men who sent mum to Iceland'' - Toothless watchdogs have brought us to the brink. Bring back the stickler, not the nit-picker - 10th October 2008
 * an advert for dictatorship'' - We needed leadership. We got shenanigans. Thank goodness Europe is finding its own way - 1st October 2008
 * can no longer fund the corrupt'' - The UN rails against the banks, but the aid industry has been just as reckless in its lending and spending - 26th September 2008
 * roulette wheel is spinning too fast'' - Consolidation and correction are long overdue, but the speed of events is threatening the economy - 19th September 2008
 * rights must not trump public safety'' - Most mentally ill patients do not commit violent crime. But psychiatrists must be honest about the risks of those who do - 10th September 2008
 * 2028: we need ten new cities'' - Our immigration policy is unsustainable. We must cap numbers or start a tough guest worker scheme - 4th September 2008
 * things other people look after'' - How has it become normal, in one generation, to farm out children to poorly paid helpers? - 28th August 2008
 * alone won't get Labour out of this pit'' - David Miliband has summoned up the courage to make his challenge. Now he must set out what he stands for - 31st July 2008

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Links:

 * Times writer Camilla Cavendish grabs Paul Foot award for journalism, The Times, 4th November 2008
 * The Private Eye Guardian Paul Foot Award, 2008