Janice Turner



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Full name: Janice Turner

Area of interest: Family matters and women's issues

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Education: University of Sussex

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

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

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



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Day published: Saturday

Regularity: Weekly

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Average length: 1050 words



Articles: 2014

 * A selfie ban: now that’s real school discipline - Notebook - 16th October
 * Malala’s peace prize puts Obama to shame - One faced a Taliban bullet to defend a girl’s right to read. The other won’t even face down the American gun lobby - 11th October
 * The gift that can make every woman a godmother - Notebook - 9th October
 * Don’t make me pay your staff, Sainsbury’s - Benefits for people in work cost the taxpayer £28 billion. But if retailers paid a living wage we could cut this bill - 4th October
 * You’d have to be a martyr not to cook in metric - Notebook - 2nd October
 * Middle class? You’ll be ruined by a mansion tax - Notebook - 25th September
 * Public schools must learn the meaning of charity - To avoid the charge of elitism, private schools should do the right thing and share their facilities with the state sector - 20th September
 * These thugs scare even the bravest of the brave - Notebook - 18th September
 * Meet the desperate housewives of holy war - Some British Muslim women are longing to marry a chivalrous jihadist or sit in judgment on their unIslamic peers - 13th September
 * Let’s seize back our bodies from the internet - The stolen images of naked celebrities expose the pressure on women to be porn stars and prudes simultaneously - 6th September
 * This cinema history is right up my street - Notebook - 4th September
 * Town that didn’t think its lost girls worth saving - It wasn’t political correctness but callousness that abandoned vulnerable children to the Rotherham sex abusers - 30th August
 * Why I will defend my air space to the last - Notebook - 28th August
 * Abortion is never about logic or cold science - Richard Dawkins’ advice to terminate a Down’s baby underestimates parents and damages the pro-choice cause - 23rd August
 * A growth industry built on male insecurity - Notebook - 21st August
 * No A* for parents who expect perfect results - ur obsession with exam success is fuelling anxiety and fear. Are poor A-level grades really the end of the world? - 16th August
 * Virgin ticket machines take you for a ride - Notebook - 14th August
 * Praise be. The internet has abolished boredom - Forget gloomy reports that technology is breeding moral breakdown. It has helped to cut crime, violence and drug use - 9th August
 * Boys will be men – even if it breaks mum’s heart - Why the film Boyhood means so much to me now - 8th August
 * Whisper it gently, but silence is golden - Short-sighted rail companies are abolishing quiet carriages even though they’re oases of calm in a noisy world - 2nd August
 * Don’t mess with the doll’s house of Aldeburgh - Notebook - 31st July
 * Hail Harriet, rule breaker and trail-blazer - Without the formidable Harman’s campaigning, parliament would be a far less enlightened, female-friendly place - 13th July
 * It’s 7-1 and I still can’t see what the fuss is about - Notebook - 10th July
 * The veil stands for social division, not piety - British Muslim women put a black curtain between themselves and society, but never ask why it provokes hostility - 5th July
 * Gentlemen prefer purple (or they do for socks) - Notebook - 3rd July
 * Savile and the abuse of absolute power - A freelance despot, Savile befriended both high and low in the NHS. In return, they helped him commit his crimes - 28th June
 * Ding-dong arguments ring hollow for me now - Notebook - 26th June
 * Why feminism makes the best foreign policy - Campaigning against rape as a weapon of war is not a trivial sideshow. Promoting women’s rights benefits everyone - 21st June
 * Buckingham Palace – the place to find a new family - Notebook - 19th June
 * Home is where the hard work is really done - We’ve ditched the commute to toil in our pyjamas but, believe me, we’re far more productive than any office-wallahs - 7th June
 * Let’s all lose weight on a primetime TV diet - Notebook - 5th June
 * A brutal choice: change sex or kill yourself - They’re used to the vilification. Now transgender people have had enough and are poised to demand their civil rights - 31st May
 * Save our kids from the giant hands of Steinbeck - Notebook - 29th May
 * A balloon with your ballot? Queue here, kids - Electoral participation among the young is pitiful, but instead of demonising them we should register them to vote - 24th May
 * Paxo serves up sexism with a sneer and a snigger - Notebook - 22nd May
 * After Stephen we need to kick the bucket list - For the dying, a series of goals can offer respite but the greatest moments are rarely experienced in postcard settings - 17th May
 * Black tie at the school prom? It’s a girl thing - Notebook - 15th May
 * Lewinsky was wronged. By the sisterhood - Bill Clinton wasn’t exactly boss of the year but the sneering feminists of the 1990s owe Monica the biggest apology - 10th May
 * Free gyms and swims? The NHS will love it - Notebook - 8th May
 * Downsize your home. Upsize your retirement - Don’t live in a big home with busy neighbours. Move to a small house next to pensioners who’ll share your sunset years - 3rd May
 * Suddenly it was just like Dorothy entering Oz - Notebook - 1st May
 * They’ve declared a world war against women - From kidnappings in Nigeria to our own Birmingham schools, radical Islam is seeking to deny girls an education - 26th April
 * Competition is good for a marriage, royal or not - Notebook - 24th April
 * Don’t sneer at those who mourn Peaches - Even in today’s cynical age we would be heartless not to feel a pang for a young women whose story we know - 12th April
 * My lifelong battle with absent guest syndrome - Notebook - 10th April
 * Scary packs won’t make a puff of difference - Isolation, taxation and medical shocks have all failed to deter smokers. Removing all branding won’t work either - 5th April
 * This is the worst time not to have children - Parenthood has become a cult in our kid-centred world. So happy Non-Mother’s Day to those who have opted out - 29th March
 * How Brand Gwynnie is marketing her divorce - Notebook - 27th March
 * Bingo creates community, gambling destroys it - The best way the Chancellor could protect working-class life would be to tackle neighbourhood-destroying addictions - 22nd March
 * Nobody can oppose this part of the nanny state - What’s not to like about this latest subsidy? - 20th March
 * In the internet age we can’t bear not to know - The loss of flight MH370 shows us that all the world’s secrets cannot always be gleaned from our smartphones - 15th March
 * An old-style story with an old-style ending - Notebook - 13th March
 * More animals suffer for profit than for faith - The campaign against ritual slaughter is not about animal welfare but our ingrained fear of what is foreign - 8th March
 * New York’s criminals were mugged by yuppies - Notebook - 6th March
 * Older mothers aren’t freaks, they’re fabulous - They are richer, less daft — and they’re here to stay. It’s high time we stopped sneering and celebrated them instead - 3rd March
 * Olympians should try to retain the heights - Notebook - 27th February
 * The British live upstairs, and Poles downstairs - We no longer feel embarrassed to hire cleaners and other domestic help — but only foreign workers are happy to live with - 22nd February
 * An inverted world where a woman kills men - Nothing in real life or fiction prepared us for Joanna Dennehy. She didn’t just kill men — she enjoyed killing them - 15th February
 * Are today’s online japes any worse than ours? - Notebook - 13th February
 * The mood’s changed. Buying sex is just wrong - Prostitution (think of Amsterdam) used to be seen as a free market. Across Europe it’s now viewed as mere exploitation - 8th February
 * And all for the sake of my little walnut tree - A death in the garden; clothes for the cold; The Bridge too far - 6th February
 * Show us Jesus & Mo. It’s the price of freedom - Moderate Muslims need our support in opposing those who want to impose their religious taboos on everyone - 31st January
 * A £100m house that will never be a home - Notebook - 30th January
 * Our ideas of young and old are merging . . . - . . . and that’s why twentysomethings can live happily with their parents. We share the same culture and morals - 25th January
 * Hands off! Stop helping yourself from the sex buffet - Notebook - 23rd January
 * Let’s do away with these ludicrous first ladies - Thank you, Monsieur President, for showing us why Valérie – and Michelle – are an embarrassment to our gender - 18th January
 * High heels always leave me with a low feeling - Notebook - 16th January
 * The wi-fi is bust. I’d better stroke my toad - My bafflement at technological failure reminds me of Catweazle - 9th January 2013
 * In the first-class carriage, hell is other people - The main point of being a premium passenger is to eliminate the unsanctioned from your personal space - 4th January 2014
 * Our dreams lie broken in the sales’ bargain bins - Notebook - 2nd January 2014



Articles: 2013

 * Tories play the gay card. It’s awfully convenient - Notebook - 27th December 2013
 * Only the truly hungry get their food like this - Whatever the reason for the rise of food banks, on the frontline they are dealing with deperate need - 21st December 2013
 * Keep your snout out of the trough, pig farmer - The rules that permit Lord Hanningfield to remain in the Lords need an overhaul - 19th December 2013
 * Female equality needs doughtier defenders - Politicians and university authorities must find courage to resist radical Islam’s push for segregation - 14th December 2013
 * Helle’s selfie put her lack of decorum in the frame - Notebook - 12th December 2013
 * This court case will make Nigella stronger - The more the revelations emerge about her troubled marriage, the more we love her for her flaws - 7th December 2013
 * Amazon’s drones take the fun out of waiting - Notebook - 5th December 2013
 * We’re telling fewer lies, not having more sex - Notebook - 28th November 2013
 * Labour has forgotten that vice causes poverty - The Co-op should recall its Methodist roots that inspired the fight against drink, gambling and addiction - 23rd November 2013
 * How I tried to get the measure of Mike Tyson - Notebook - 21st November 2013
 * Please can this tattoo fashion now fade away? - Notebook - 14th November 2013
 * The last prejudice? Don’t be fat in fashion or politics - Women have broken through many ceilings and barriers but they’re still not allowed to be size-16s - 9th November 2013
 * We’re much too cynical for a gem like Borgen - The Danish drama is back on soon with its un-British optimism - 7th November 2013
 * Some fear snakes. Public speaking is my terror - Only a few suffer acute glossophobia but even prime ministers tremble and great actors suffer stage fright - 2nd November 2013
 * Outrageous fuel bills? Get cutting that wood - Notebook - 30th October 2013
 * Good housekeeping will save the Queen - Does a modern monarchy need so many palaces? Like every family, the royal household should downsize - 19th October 2013
 * For haters of the poor McCanns it’s open season - Notebook - 17th October 2013
 * Let’s not talk about sex. Let’s shut up about it - It’s the too-much-information age. Far from being unexplored territory, our love lives are all too familiar - 12th October 2013
 * Hugs are out. It’s homelessness for hoodies - Vulnerable teenagers who’ve been clobbered for all of their lives do not need even more clobbering - 5th October 2013
 * The rise and fall of the irresistible breadmaker - Notebook - 3rd October 2013
 * Free societies can never be completely safe - We cannot protect every local school and shopping centre from terrorists — and we should not try - 28th September 2013
 * Veils are used to control wives and daughters - Feminists fought against church control of women’s lives and bodies. We must fight this new threat too - 21st September 2013
 * Clarkson must stand. It’ll really bug Miliband - Will Jeremy Clarkson really stand in Doncaster North? His tweet sounds like a mischievous wind-up concocted over a three-bottle “country supper” with his Chipping Norton chum the Prime Minister - 19th September 2013
 * A bedroom tax looks un-British, even in Brazil - Austerity may be necessary but the coalition’s spare room subsidy policy is illogical, unfair and cruel - 14th September 2013
 * No humility from Huhne and not a jot of awareness - Nine weeks is a short stay in prison. But you’d think Chris Huhne would have found time between reading Hilary Mantel and imagining himself as noble, faithful, martyred Thomas Cromwell to acquire a tad of self-knowledge - 12th September 2013
 * False feminists want to make abortion harder - There is no ‘gendercide’ problem with baby girls in Britain, just the agenda of anti-choice zealots - 7th September 2013
 * We scattered you  in  the park,  Dad. Will  that  do? - Notebook - 5th September 2013
 * Gay couples are rewriting the rites of marriage - Notebook: There is much to be said for a gay wedding. Watching two people have their love endorsed by a State that until quite recently would have locked them away still feels like witnessing history - 29th August 2013
 * The world needs more only-children like me - Why do so many governments want to see endlessly rising populations? Smaller families are better for everyone - 24th August 2013
 * The love that dares to scream its name - Notebook: One Direction are Fifty Shades of Grey for tweenies - 21st August 2013
 * The Fringe’s lewdest bits are sparedmy blushes - Notebook: how could I let my son watch a stripper? - 15th August 2013
 * Holy moolah. The Church really does save - Archbishop Welby’s crusade against payday lenders is a very Christian solution to a problem afflicting the poor - 27th July 2013
 * Who will be ready for the porn opt-in conversation? - Notebook - 25th July 2013
 * Mirrors are harder to break than glass ceilings - Glossies, billboards and even the BBC all tell women to look hot or lose out, so which is better: surgery or the CV? - 20th July 2013
 * Gorging on extreme food TV is manna for teenagers - Notebook: Grotesque overconsumption or just a decent meal? - 18th July 2013
 * CCTV Britain, the world’s most paranoid nation - But why? We’re not more criminal than other countries. But this obsession with surveillance is bad for our souls - 13th July 2013
 * Has coffee ever brought such agony and ecstasy? - Notebook: Nespresso nightmare; keeping your name; Murray hype - 11th July 2013
 * Who’ll be there for you when you grow old? - The NHS expects relatives to help, but this will be harder when families are smaller and ever more scattered - 6th July 2013
 * Put that mobile away. A real person wants to talk - Three cheers for the Sainsbury’s cashier - 3rd July 2013
 * How immigration made a leftie turn right - To Londoners globalisation is all cheap plumbers and fancy food. My old Doncaster schoolfriend is not so sanguine - 29th June 2013
 * Why today’s kids need to be proper Charlies - Notebook: The shifting morality of the chocolate factory - 27th June 2013
 * We must stop internet porn grooming men - It’s no good just building more prisons for those who view images of children. These men must be scared off - 22nd June 2013
 * Enough of this baloney, Guides. Look out, not in - Notebook: Eat Pray Love for girls; could Britain be the setting for a Borgen-style drama? - 20th June 2013
 * What is a father? That’s the Daddy Pig dilemma - TV caricatures infuriate modern dads, but we are still not comfortable with men stepping into the female domain - 15th June 2013
 * I felt tainted watching this Rubens of rape - The Fall was insidious and manipulative - 13th June 2013
 * Without a part, even Al Pacino is a poor player - Notebook: An Evening with Al Pacino at the London Palladium was a peculiar event - 6th June 2013
 * Janice Turner’s explosive encounter with Rhys Ifans - As a boyfriend to Anna Friel, he couldn’t be more dutiful. As an interview subject, Rhys Ifans is a walking disaster - 3rd June 2013
 * Women’s libido isn’t the problem. Men’s is - The quest for “female Viagra” is almost over. But what we really need is a pill that stops men committing rape - 1st June 2013
 * Why these cults of hate beguile the lost boys - Whether it is radical Islam or street gangs, powerless, alienated teenagers need protection from false certainties - 25th May 2013
 * Why do men commit almost all the crime? - Women feel guilt-ridden about their gender’s choices but men run away from uncomfortable questions - 18th May 2013
 * Ariel Castro’s battered wife was a flashing sign - Police and neighbours say there were no clues to the Cleveland kidnappings. So what was his domestic violence? - 11th May 2013
 * Feminism 2.0 is hot, rude and self-confident - Revelations about 1970s sexual predators show why we needed feminism. In the age of internet porn we need it again - 4th May 2013
 * Hectoring won’t persuade the MMR-deniers - If we want as many children as possible protected from disease, patronising their parents is not the way to do it - 27th April 2013
 * Men can cry if they want to. Women can’t - It was OK for George Osborne to weep at Lady Thatcher’s funeral but female executives must ‘confess’ to sobbing - 20th April 2013
 * A hotel life is Ritzy. But a hotel death is tragic - Better to see out your days in a Travelodge than a grim care home. But at the very end who doesn’t long for home? - 13th April 2013
 * Tune in and boo at The Underclass Show - When Mick Philpott paraded his shamelessness on television we relished an opportunity to be outraged - 6th April 2013
 * Only tough love will bring our mutts to heel - Tags and taxes aren’t unfair. Bring in NY-style runs and rules and everyone will benefit – even dog owners - 30th March 2013
 * Why women need a nanny-supporting State - Don’t let the stay-at-home brigade shout down plans to help working women meet the crippling cost of childcare - 23rd March 2013
 * HRH regrets he cannot attend the executions - Saudi Arabia is one of the most obnoxious countries on Earth. No visitor should turn a blind eye to its real nature - 16th March 2013
 * The moral: only clever people can be this stupid - Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce show that those who possess super-sharp minds can suffer from a fatal lack of good sense - 9th March 2013
 * A casting couch only works in a locked room - Smirking sexism is an attack on the rise of women. Let us in and we’ll draw the line between groping and flirting - 2nd March 2013
 * Sooner the Pryce jury than the Pistorius farce - Critics should have more faith in their fellow humans. Would they prefer the lurid South African soap opera? - 23rd February 2013
 * This obsession with Michael Gove is hideous - There’s a tang of the school bully in the satirists’ barbs. We need politicians with big brains, not square jaws - 16th February 2013
 * RIP landline, you’ll cold-call me no longer - We’ve got e-mail, G-chat, Twitter and text. The curly-tailed monster in the hallway has had its day - 9th February
 * Is a man doing sweaty stuff sexy? Hell, yes - Men haven’t been keeping their side of the bargain. They’ve ditched their power tools but still won’t pick up a duster - 2nd February 2013
 * Can’t we level up the A-level playing field? - Some children love assessment and modules, others thrive on one-off exams. We need a system that helps both - 26th January
 * For some, 13,983,815 to 1 are their best odds - Camelot has doubled the price of a Lotto flutter, but that won’t put off players who see their tickets as a talisman - 19th January 2013
 * Cutting down a tree is worse than fox hunting - Road builders and municipal vandals show a special kind of arrogance. They think they are bigger than history - 12th january 2013



Articles: 2012

 * Feast and famine is hardwired into all of us - It’s not fad diets in women’s mags that are the problem, minister. It’s our whole troubled relationship with food - 29th December 2012
 * Be a prepper. Be calm about the world’s end - They may seem unhinged, but many of those storing Ova Easy egg crystals and canned bacon are just prudent - 22nd December 2012
 * Inside the moral maze of sex and violence - Be grateful for the film classifiers who patrol the outer limits of acceptability with open minds and strong stomachs - 15th December 2012
 * Keep the kids in Beer Street, not Vodka Plaza - Raising booze prices won’t cut drink-related crime or illness. Educate teenagers by allowing them into pubs at 16 - 1st December 2012
 * End the loneliness of the long-running life - No one wants to spend their last years alone in front of the TV. The Dutch, Germans and Danes do old age better - 23rd November 2012
 * There’s nothing hip about avoiding your taxes - Cool capitalists think they are sticking it to the Man. But doing your share is a timeless mark of good citizenship - 17th November 2012
 * Bring credit cards, not nostalgia, to Burma - The poorest farmers in Africa are more advanced than the Burmese. Let the Coca-Cola consumerism begin - 10th November 2012
 * ‘Emmanuelle’ was the ‘Fifty Shades’ of its day - The film that made – and ruined – Sylvia Kristel’s name marked the move from sexual licentiousness to equality - 20th October 2012
 * Help Savile’s victims – an inquiry won’t fix it - Don’t waste time blaming the BBC and NHS for the Seventies. And don’t waste money revisiting old mistakes - 13th October 2012
 * A lost child is that most ancient of fears - From fairytales to 24/7 tragedies such as the April Jones case, missing children awaken the irrational in us all - 6th October 2012
 * Is the modern military really scared of a baby? - The Army should get its head out of the desert sand. The ability to give birth is no barrier to being a good soldier - 22nd September 2012
 * A topless royal, a surfer-Prophet: stay calm - There is no way to prevent offensive images appearing on the internet. What matters is how we respond - 15th September 2012
 * Who’s afraid of Vagina Wolf (or even cares)? - The American is no kind of feminist, attacking Assange’s alleged victims and exaggerating the importance of sex - 8th September 2012
 * Were you middle-class enough to beat LOCOG? - No internet? You’re out. No patience? Phone a rich friend. Only diligent planners mastered the ticket system - 11th August 2012
 * The buzz is better when we do it together - Like bees in a hive, we humans thrive when our tribe is united. Enjoy this summer of communal thrills - 4th August 2012
 * Money is an ethical weapon. Let’s wield it - In the austerity age, moral codes are more important than tax codes. So I’m taking my account away from HSBC - 28th July 2012
 * What, no sun? I demand a Weatherson Inquiry - After our long, filthy winters, we Brits are owed a few summery days. It’s our right. It’s our payback - 14th July 2012
 * Nora: the antidote to Bridget Jones weediness - Whether on sex, love, work, clothes or politics, the great screenwriter never took the fashionable line - 30th June 2012



Articles: 2011

 * A new look at debt? I’m with tree-huggers - The whole economy is based on a confidence trick. They want us to spend money that we haven’t got - 8th October 2011
 * It’s got to change. No more Mr Obvious Guy - A new generation of females execs are losing patience. They’re now ready to demand boardroom quotas - 1st October 2011
 * Why America must quit the Death Club - How can the US feel comfortable in the company of Iran? That urge for bloody retribution is unworthy - 24th September 2011
 * Women are taking a hit and they are angry - Many who turned to the Tories now find they are seen as part of the problem in the ‘bloated public sector’ - 17th September 2011
 * Achievement up. Barriers down. Happiness? - So much has changed for the better for women in the past decade. But we are still prey to imagined shortcomings - 10th September 2011
 * Britain doesn’t want a Mama Grizzly, Nadine - How dare you reduce the abortion debate to conspiracy theories and phoney concern. You just want to cut the numbers - 3rd September 2011
 * inbetweeners are just goofy, not wicked'' - Teenage boys, with their lunking frames, clown feet and inbuilt detector for misrule, rarely think before they act - 20th August 2011
 * reminds us that only a few die young'' - In a world where children live to adulthood, Oslo’s pale coffins are a shocking echo of a past horror - 30th July 2011
 * kids a break. Save the long, hot summer'' - Short holidays are the theft of fun. Why force the majority to sweat out August in class when it only helps the few? - 23rd July 2011
 * hollow treachery of political friendship'' - Journalists who accept the Chequers invite for a family weekend are on the slide into obligation and compromise - 16th July 2011
 * Harry. It’s been fun for parents too'' - Somehow over ten years the stars have stayed sane and the stories thrilling. It’s a triumph for plucky Britishness - 9th July 2011
 * now that’s what we need'' - Finding the right nursing home is a huge and costly decision but most of us flounder around in ignorance - 2nd July 2011
 * take cruel pleasure in a genius’s downfall'' - Galliano broke under the stress of working for a relentless machine. His failure comforts the mediocre - 25th June 2011
 * those bunny girls back in the boardroom'' - Women are admired more for their ‘hotness’ than their ambition. That’s why our porn culture must be curbed - 11th June 2011
 * just like Gwynnie. We all push our kids'' - I can’t hire a multilingual brainiac, but I still want my sons to succeed. Because if they fail, deep down, so do I - 4th June 2011
 * freedom of the road is a feminist issue'' - Whether in Saudi Arabia or Britain, the right to drive a car is a powerful force in improving women’s lives - 28th May 2011
 * dead have had it their way for too long'' - The land grab by the deceased across our cities must end. They should be laid to rest in back gardens and woods - 21st May 2011
 * are treading on dangerous ground'' - Bra-clad protesters’ look-but-don’t-touch feminism poses a problem when porn fashion dominates the high street - 14th May 2011
 * love voting – even if it’s in a jaded nerdfest'' - There’s nothing more decadent than a discarded polling card. What do Arab protesters make of our indifference? - 7th May 2011
 * mind the forelocks. This was our day'' - We joshed on Twitter and sang Sex on Fire when they kissed. At last, we are at ease with our patriotism - 30th April 2011
 * the pressure, Kate? Just elope – I did'' - It’s perfectly possible to love marriage but hate weddings. So grab ring, passports and each other, and flee - 23rd April 2011
 * the spin-cation. We like flash hols too'' - Phoney austerity does not impress globally mobile Brits. MPs can have their blingy breaks as long as we can have ours - 9th April 2011
 * must look each other in the eyes as equals'' - If hoodies are banned in shopping centres, why should anarchists and Muslim women be allowed to cover up? - 2nd April 2011
 * Basra, and beware mission creep'' - There is a lie at the heart of Resolution 1973. It fails to acknowledge the real intention – to remove Gaddafi - 19th March 2011
 * pictures conceal a guilty underworld'' - I thought the fuss over images of naked children was prudish paranoia. Then I saw the ‘boy love’ websites - 19th March 2011
 * you’re not Kate Moss, smoking isn’t cool'' - All the glamour has slowly wafted away. Now cigarettes appeal mostly to teenage girls and the poor - 12th March 2011
 * need a fictional hero — and not a male one'' - Strong women such as Sarah Lund in The Killing make TV and films compulsive viewing. Why aren’t there more? - 5th March 2011
 * a croissant. Fresh out of the dustbin'' - Those who help themselves to thrown-out food shouldn’t be prosecuted. The wasteful shops are the guilty ones - 19th February 2011
 * 2011 why do our dreams turn to silicone?'' - It has never been easier to have a healthy body – yet we persist in our perverse craving for nips and tucks - 12th February 2011
 * crime map that matters is in our heads'' - We care about mugging on local streets because we can be victims, but gang killings could be on another planet - 5th February 2011
 * is not prejudice, Baroness Warsi'' - Despite fear and provocation, Britain has remained tolerant of Islam. What we won’t tolerate is extremism - 22nd January 2011
 * to duck the latest salvo in the lacto-war'' - Women’s bodies are battlefields for scientists and experts. The best advice is just stick with what works for you - 15th January 2011
 * the royals need a common touch'' - Whether it’s to cure a stammer or just to get a reality check, kings and princes cannot hide from human contact - 8th January 2011
 * will all live longer but will we live better?'' - As more and more people reach 100, we have to give them more to look forward to than a card from the Queen - 1st January 2011



Articles: 2010

 * to the shoppers. Vote with your wallet'' - We could all learn from the students protesting outside Topshop. Our money can make or break businesses - 18th December 2010
 * need justice for women, not just for lefties'' - The self-dramatising paranoia of Julian Assange’s backers makes them turn their usual beliefs on their heads - 11th December 2010
 * you can’t stop the snow, change the weather'' - Where is the Big Society when you want it? We need a touch of “Britain expects” to get people shovelling - 4th December 2010
 * the death throes of the female wuss'' - Gillian McKeith is Exhibit A for the neurosis industry, which turned women into shoppers for salvation - 27th November 2010
 * the new anthem — Monarchy in the UK!'' - The Firm has been rebranded and even we old republicans like what we see: a union of modest soul-mates - 20th November 2010
 * ignore these rubbish revolutionaries'' - We had proper causes to fight in our day but we did it on a grant, not a loan. Who’d be a student now? - 13th November 2010
 * Prime Minister is always ready for his close-up'' - In an age of citizen photographers, it is not surprising that David Cameron has put a professional on the payroll - 6th November 2010
 * no joke if comedy is the real opposition'' - In America a stand-up comic has to despin the news. Here we need a comic counterblast to a smug coalition - 30th October 2010
 * equality, girls, and join the cupcake army'' - The deficit looks like a cover for forcing women out of employment and making them work for nothing - 23rd October 2010
 * 7/7, we must act like fussy old women'' - We are expected to live in a permanent state of fear about terrorism. So our choice is denial or vigilance - 16th October 2010
 * it together? Not if you’re above money'' - It’s not easy to tell if you’re rich. But if you can buy your way out of trouble, you’re not sharing the nation’s pain - 9th October 2010
 * will always be strangers in the brave e-world'' - If Ed Miliband wants to woo a new generation he could start by asking it to devise a moral framework for cyberspace - 2nd October 2010
 * cheers for a proper copper talking sense'' - Remember New York: the police need to take minor crime seriously. But we, the public, must help them to do it - 25th September 2010
 * have no faith in these unholy warlords'' - Dawkins’ and Hitchens’ anti-Bible bashing doesn’t just upset the Pope. It offends my secular tolerance - 18th September 2010
 * need an alternative to the porn script'' - Empowerment doesn’t mean the freedom to lap dance. It means having a proper job and not taking any nonsense - 11th September 2010
 * wallpaper change we can’t believe in'' - Leaders like to impose their taste on the corridors of power. But Obama’s new Oval Office feels overdone - 4th September 2010
 * You pay your fees, you speak your French'' - You can see why children struggle with learning languages. But it shouldn’t be the preserve of the rich - 28th August 2010
 * great your kids, that’s enough of them'' - China’s one-child policy has brought prosperity and space. Isn’t it time the West tried something similar? - 21st August 2010
 * soon forget the Ballad of Raoul Moat'' - CAPS LOCK crazies will sing the praises of the outlaw underdog, but online legends quickly fade away - 17th July 2010
 * female sexuality more wicked than murder?'' - Women are shackled, shrouded and at the mercy of male mullahs who use sex to justify totalitarian control - 10th July 2010
 * was a supersize gaffe to diss Jamie, minister'' - The TV chef embodies the Big Society. Either back him or come up with a better idea - 3rd July 2010
 * will be the outcome of Osborne’s cuts'' - When a mugger robs your child, he calls it ‘taxing’. this week’s Budget ensures that we will go on paying - 26th June 2010
 * do women want? Not a sex drug, thanks'' - Female Viagra is the holy grail for drug companies. But if someone lacks libido, it does not mean she’s ill - 19th June 2010
 * and parents should unite'' - They have a common enemy: all that free porn sloshing around the internet that children can too easily find - 12th June 2010
 * life or death is simply a matter of luck'' - As with dangerous dogs, terrorist attacks or child murders, we cannot legislate away random atrocities - 5th June 2010
 * in trouble when pimps are our heroes'' - Don’t be surprised that prostitutes get murdered when virtual bitch-slapping is just another boys’ game - 29th May 2010
 * need a culture revolution'' - One million under-24s look bleakly at the future. They need films and novels to inspire them - 22nd May 2010
 * should we honour our soldiers? Listen'' - We give the dead a Wootton Bassett salute, but the living and their loved ones are left to suffer in silence - 15th May 2010
 * broke the Perspex for pick’n’mix politics'' - For years an invisible screen has separated us from the decision makers. Now they must bend to our will - 9th May 2010
 * broke the Perspex for pick’n’mix politics'' - For years an invisible screen has separated us from the decision makers. Now they must bend to our will - 8th May 2010
 * dare you diss Mrs Duffy? That’s my aunt'' - It’s no coincidence that the only woman to make an impact on the election is a no-nonsense northern matriarch - 1st May 2010
 * afraid, I was the refugee of East 2nd St'' - We had Moma, salt beef and Eskimix, but I wouldn’t be happy until I could kiss the tarmac at Heathrow - 24th April 2010
 * want British chocolate for British children'' - Selling Cadbury’s killed the goose that laid the Mini Eggs. It is bad for jobs, for the planet and for the soul - 3rd April 2010
 * nastiness that lies beneath ‘have a nice day’'' - Americans are so polite, but in their politics rudeness reigns. Our medium-strength misanthropy is better - 27th March 2010
 * the clocks now or the cockerel gets it'' - Let there be light! Why should we slog through hard winters just so a Scottish vet can examine a poorly pig? - 20th March 2010
 * more Mr Nice Guy. Let’s get the wives out'' - Samantha Cameron isn’t there to humanise her husband but to match the sainted Sarah as a vote-winner - 13th March 2010
 * be a money muggle. You can’t afford it'' - In Iceland and in England, the financial wizards are banking on our ignorance. We must break their spell - 6th March 2010
 * time Britain had the porn conversation'' - Sexualisation of young children isn’t the problem. We need to stop the flood of adult material on to teenagers’ screens - 27th February 2010
 * a better class of stink in the Upper House'' - The expenses scandal is clearing out the Commons, but upstairs it’s still ermine, crested notepaper and jobs for ever - 13th February 2010
 * the planet? Darling, that’s so last season'' - Ring-pull handbags and frocks made of milk? Celebrity fashionistas aren’t helping ecology, they are glorifying themselves - 6th February 2010
 * the obese is the new gay bashing'' - Society has become far more enlightened over sexuality and race. Now we reserve our contempt for the underclass - 30th January 2010
 * deep maternal urge . . . to kill your child'' - If a coma patient can be denied sustenance, why should the woman who injected her brain-damaged son be criminalised? - 23rd January 2010
 * the snow told us about modern Britain'' - The health-and-safety monster is as mythical as a yeti except in the minds of buck-passers, jobsworths – and schools - 16th January 2010
 * BBC is mad to let Wossy go'' - Jonathan Ross' empathy with ordinary folk, his wit and his neuroses, will be hard to replace - 9th January 2010
 * my home won’t be a hotel for grown-up kids'' - Two million mollycoddled young adults living off their parents? Count me out. I’ve cleared up the house enough already - 2nd January 2010



Articles: 2009

 * we fight for our right to a facelift?'' - Society expects women to look forever young. So American feminists have a point: a Bo-Tax on plastic surgery is sexist - 19th December 2009
 * big green line splitting North from South'' - Forget the polar bears. The true endangered species is the solvent Northerner, and it’s Southern eco-vanity that’s killing him - 12th December 2009
 * rich are different – even if Zac can’t see it'' - It’s easy to fall for the smooth charm of the Eton set, but they need to understand why we care about their tax status - 5th December 2009
 * and Dubai, parallel universes collide'' - If Dubai was a person it would be Katie Price. Both have tumbled from extravagant success built on virtually nothing - 28th November 2009
 * pantechnicon of porn hits a roadblock'' - A few amateur but angry campaigners have won a significant battle to stop the sex industry seeping on to the high street - 21st November 2009
 * of children has gone too far'' - Since when did raising a child elevate you to a state of grace with big benefits attached? - 14th November 2009
 * target our ire on the things that matter'' - Who cares about Jimmy’s jokes or Jan’s prejudices when there are big issues like war and bankers’ bonuses to enrage us? - 7th November 2009
 * age is a foreign concept for Somali pirates'' - It is the ultimate culture clash: the retired Tunbridge Wells couple and the gunmen who can’t expect to live beyond 48 - 31st October 2009
 * garlic and silver bullets are needed'' - To nip the BNP’s support in the bud, we need to expose its myths and smears in TV debate - 17th October 2009
 * knows no social boundaries'' - It’s glass war: the Tories don’t just hate violence and lawlessness, they hate these disgusting common drinks as well - 10th October 2009
 * Labour is like a hipster dad who just got heavy with his daughters'' - This Government has been like the worst kind of parent. We’re tired of swings from anything goes to everything’s banned - 3rd October 2009
 * should be dull, not an extreme sport'' - We must overthrow the cult of the car and the Lycra-clad vanguard of aggressive men, if more of us are to take to our bikes - 26th September 2009
 * heels won’t help achieve high ambitions'' - Women are happy to teeter about on 4in spikes because they bring power and glamour. Sadly it’s all just an illusion - 19th September 2009
 * and Julia: the tyranny of meals'' - Thanks to the food fetishists a woman’s work in the kitchen is never done - 12th September 2009
 * yourself and come with me to Edlington'' - When the pit goes, it destroys a fragile eco-system of work, money and stability. But the people stay and most tough it out - 5th September 2009
 * has no right to speak ill of our NHS'' - Free healthcare is the mark of a civilised society. It is the one principle that unites British politicians across the spectrum - 15th August 2009
 * guide to getting off rape charges'' - Juries will only convict if there is DNA under the fingernails, a screaming victim and torn clothes - 8th August 2009
 * push, you must know where the door is'' - Children of all backgrounds can achieve undreamt-of success, but only if we spot what makes them special and nurture it - 25th July 2009
 * a blow, or a medal, for marriage'' - The joint suicide of Sir Edward and Lady Downes shows how vital a lifelong partnership can be - 18th July 2009
 * and age are no longer divided'' - Decision to swap sixtysomething dance judge Arlene Phillips for a younger model is out of step - 11th July 2009
 * your selfishness. Go and help someone'' - Even hard-nosed City types are discovering the benefits of volunteering. So how can we harness the itch to be altruistic? - 4th July 2009
 * fans killed their idol. They always do'' - Those who professed to love Michael Jackson were vampires, feeders and jackals – their adulation hastened his end - 27th June 2009
 * the sunbed'' - Forget smoking bans in cars. The real threat to young life comes from cancer-inducing tanning salons on the high street - 20th June 2009
 * even Vogue thinks you can be too thin'' - A brave editor has exposed fashion's dark secret - that it is the designers themselves who demand ultra-skinny models - 13th June 2009
 * feel it. Obama's America is good for you'' - As you sit in upbeat New York you realise political leaders can lift your spirits. Then you look at curdled, negative Britain... - 6th June 2009
 * the shotgun - your time is up, Mr Fox'' - With the hunting ban dead and unmourned, now is the perfect moment to run my urban serial killer to ground - 30th May 2009
 * is a tougher game than reality TV'' - A rude awakening awaits any celebrity tempted by fleeting acclaim to enter the hard slog of a backbench MP's world - 23rd May 2009
 * son's SATs test was worthy of Sir Alan'' - It's a great lie that children hate to compete. Teachers may complain, but kids relish the win-or-lose logic of The Apprentice - 16th May 2009
 * Mary's journal of the plague week'' - Here on the frustrating front line of the swine flu outbreak we are swallowing our scepticism along with our Tamiflu - 9th May 2009
 * do I vote for now? The tricksy Tories?'' - The Labour project is like a field harvested to stalks, picked clean. Jarvis Cocker is right: it’s the end of an era - 2nd May 2009
 * thee to a miserable Swiss tax haven'' - Millions are losing their jobs and others having their homes repossessed. How dare the rich whine at paying more tax - 25th April 2009
 * girls: you'll never regret not doing it'' - Allowing abortion clinics to advertise on prime-time TV is fine, but what young women really need is help to say no - 28th March 2009
 * the next step? Gigolos for all women?'' - Don't be surprised at the BMW heiress. Today's empowered women have few qualms about paying for bedroom pleasures - 14th March 2009
 * a recession strips men and women bare'' - Marriage is a financial deal. So when unemployment hits home, what is there to prop up our fragile relationships? - 7th March 2009
 * bodies have lost the rudder of appetite'' - Gastric surgery can remove weight from the obese but cannot cure the underlying reason for their obsessive eating - 28th February 2009
 * - that's the wonder of wooliness'' - It will not marginalise Muslims pupils to sing hymns. It will give them some understanding of where they live - 14th February 2009
 * and stroppier: hire that woman!'' - Three matrons of a certain age have scored a victory over the distaste for post-menopausal womanhood - 7th February 2009
 * stupidity makes British patience snap'' - We should be angry that the skilled oilmen of Lindsey now find themselves flotsam and jetsam on the economic tide - 31st January 2009
 * worry. Kids are smarter than we think'' - The modern age is held up as desolate and dangerous for children. But this generation will thrive just like others - 24th January 2009
 * your sacked friends a quantum of solace'' - If you hear of anyone you know who has lost their job, kindness is often all we have - 17th January 2009
 * - resist the call of the cupcake!'' - Three cheers for Rachida Dati, who has put work before looking after baby. Yummy mummies are mostly a myth - 10th January 2009
 * you must be sick, don't be a sucker as well'' - People with colds these days would rather dose themselves with overpriced ‘cures' than simply retire to bed - 3rd January 2009
 * the retail butterflies soon to be crushed'' - No one will mourn the purveyors of useless tat. But the recession will also kill off proud sellers of small shopping delights - 27th December 2008



Articles: 2008

 * stock is falling with the Footsie'' - The egos of TV's brashest stars were more inflated than the credit bubble. And they are collapsing just as quickly - 20th December 2008
 * in Mayfair - viewing by appointment'' - When posh kids take over a residence they look after the period features and even leave behind some new works of art - 13th December 2008
 * ugly obsession with the body beautiful'' - Young women today know that talent matters, but that they will go farther if they have the looks to go with them - 6th December 2008
 * I'm not willing to spend for my country'' - It will take Gordon Brown at Bluewater to persuade shoppers to wave their credit cards in the face of a tsunami of debt - 29th November 2008
 * hatred comes to your home page'' - The suicide of a young teenager shows we must wake up to the crossover between the virtual world and real cruelty - 22nd November 2008
 * P and the pornography of child violence'' - Lurid images and salacious details distance us from suffering by turning tragedy into a modern penny dreadful - 15th November 2008
 * and Top Gear: it's about rebellion, not cars'' - Those presenters speak at throaty full volume for all those defiant Britons bored with our goody-goody culture - 8th November 2008
 * American motherhood ruined my life'' - We've been set impossibly high standards when it comes to raising children. What's wrong with benign British neglect? - 18th October 2008
 * hope our mad gambling session is over'' - We've learnt the hard way that you can't have something for nothing, but can we kick the habits of a decade of excess? - 11th October 2008
 * I love Sarah Palin'' - Despite the media coaching, cheesy winks and lapel pin the real attraction is her authenticity - 4th October 2008
 * Brown reinvents wife power'' - So much for the traditional role of silent political wife. Her appearance this week has rewritten the rules - 27th September 2008
 * me credit — I'm a financial illiterate'' - If we haven't a clue if the investment advice we're getting is sound, how can we navigate ourselves through today's world? - 20th September 2008
 * choice: STD sluttiness or 'true love''' - Abstinence may be cool in America but it's largely ridiculed on this side of the Atlantic. There must be a middle way - 13th September 2008
 * moms beat misogyny at its own game'' - Sarah Palin has put her children in the spotlight, and that is a dangerous place for a politician's family - 6th September 2008
 * for a glass of house red? That's no holiday'' - Listen closely and you'll hear the euromoan from the eurozone. It's British tourists looking at the prices abroad - 16th August 2008



News & updates:

 * Rhys Ifans interview exposed absurdity of interview genre - The actor's disastrous interview with the Times should make editors everywhere rethink the point of such celebrity features - 9th June 2013



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Links:

 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janice_Turner