The modern epidemic of sadness destroying heart and soul cannot be solved with anti-depressants
Materialism leaves a big black hole inside millions of people. The more you have, the less content you feel.
It's time to get rid of the Commonwealth
The British Commonwealth came out of mutual dependency and ghosts of empire past which would not sleep.
Lazy western liberals risk being crushed by right-wing crusaders
Why are liberals so reluctant to defend their freedoms?
100 years ago the suffragettes got us the vote - now men must learn we're more than sex toys
Our daughters and granddaughters must live in a safer and more equal world.
Brexiteers can get rid of foreigners or save the NHS – but not both
Millions of Brits will settle for nothing less than a hard Brexit, even if that leads to grief and misery at home and in hospitals.
Who lobotomised French women into a sordid collaboration with male sexual aggressors?
Film star Catherine Deneuve leads the enemies within, a group of influential French women whitewashing sexual predators.
We are all to blame for the slow painful death of the NHS
We, the common people must save the NHS before it is too late.
Why do Muslims get picked on at Christmas?
#AVeryMerryMuslimChristmas: Christmas time gets both Muslim puritans and white xenophobes going.
20,000 tax funded faith schools are an affront to modern, liberal democracy
Britain has never separated faith and state, and the result is a terrible muddle in the education system.
Ai Weiwei's extraordinary film about refugees is a call to action we cannot ignore
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is showcasing a new film, Human Flow, about 21st century refugees
No wonder Donald Trump retweets Britain First - racists around the world are finding common goals
Trump's enthusiastic endorsement of Britain First's tweets just shows how there is a melting pot of race hate that spreads cultures.
The bloody legacy of Ratko Mladic can be found in Myanmar and the minds of jihadis
Rohingya Muslims are being raped, dispossessed, killed in Myanmar. One cannot hear their stories without red rage.
Goodbye Robert Mugabe – from democratic liberation hero to despotic tyrant
Robert Mugabe is an intellectual and liberationist, but he is also a self-made villain.
The Tories used Priti Patel's ethnicity as a political gambit and it's going to haunt them
The favoured Patel was to build that big bridge and also encourage more Asians to support or join the Conservative party, which had a white image problem.
The day a married Tory minister invited me to move into his Mayfair pad and service his needs
TheWestminster sex harassment scandal is an assault on our democracy. Do the lecherous MPs begin to understand that?
The right-wing assault on universities is a dark warning – wake up, Britain's democracy isn't safe
The right-wing in Britain is on the march over Brexit. First, they came for the freedom of UK universities. Next it will be schools, publishers, and more. We must wake up.
How we treat Muslims returning from war in Syria and Iraq will define our British humanity
Even at these taxing times, the urge only to punish has to be curbed. If it isn't, a liberal democracy will become an elected autocracy. And then no one is safe.
Harvey Weinstein is just a man being a man
Good, decent, egalitarian men need to gather and discuss this kind of animal behaviour. That never happens.
The dead are piling up in America – but fools still worship its broken constitution
There will be more Stephen Paddocks in the US. More mass shootings like Las Vegas. More dead bodies. The American system is a disgrace and nothing is learnt, nothing changes.
Let's not lionise the late Hugh Hefner. He made misogyny mainstream
We feminists of the 70s loathed Hugh Hefner's Playboy and all he and the magazine stood for.
Trolls, please get out of my life - the language you use is a form of verbal terrorism
Words hurt and disable humans, sometimes even more than blows and slaps.
Hillary Clinton's vanity blinds her to why she lost to Donald Trump
Clinton's vanity shines through in her new book, What Happened, which fails to answer her critics' questions.
Munroe Bergdorf is abused while Jacob Rees-Mogg is lauded - only straight white men have free speech
There has been no national furore about this transgender model's right to free expression.
Thousands are fleeing Myanmar in terror. Where's your hashtag for Rohingya Muslims?
Don't ever believe that Buddhists are all calm and humane. Look at Aung San Suu Kyi's brutal sins.
Conservatives now criticising Charlottesville Nazis fuelled white extremism in the first place
Anti-immigration rhetoric and the demonisation of minorities by mainstream politicians is nourishing fascists.
From Trump to Maduro to Modi – we're an inch away from democratic totalitarianism
These could be the last days of liberal democracy. Be very afraid.
How Charlie Gard became a mascot for regressive causes
Charlie Gard and his cause have been exploited by right-wingers and fundamentalist Christians.
I'm a feisty woman of colour. Perhaps that's why the BBC doesn't ask me on its key political shows
I wasn't asked on key BBC political programmes during Brexit and this year's election.
Prevent or provoke? What is the government's anti-terror strategy really doing to Britain's Muslims?
Prevent is a toxic brand that destroys trust without delivering tangible results.
Love Island is no more than cheap, degrading porn
Exhibitionism, inebriation and faux sensuality means protagonists are dehumanised.
