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Laurie Penny

Laurie Penny is a contributing editor to the New Statesman.

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Laurie Penny
Ken Clarke was asking for it
18 May 2011

Ken Clarke's comments are part of a culture that still misunderstands consent and wilfully ignores the scale and prevalence of rape.

UK Politics
The rich buying places at university? They already do
10 May 2011

David Willetts's proposal merely formalises the process of purchasing access that already exists.

UK Politics
The princess craze is no fairy tale
05 May 2011

Young women need different models of femininity.

Laurie Penny
This England, 29.04.2011
29 April 2011

On the day of the wedding, this country is undergoing a profound identity crisis.

Laurie Penny
Buns, bunting and retro-imperialism
27 April 2011

Royal wedding cheerleaders want to drag us back to the days of deference.

Laurie Penny
The Battle of Stokes Croft
22 April 2011

What happened when police, squatters and anti-Tesco protesters clashed in Bristol.

UK Politics
Put vendetta aside and vote Yes to AV
21 April 2011

Petty revenge politics does nothing but reduce us to the level of Westminster.

Health
A sad truth about “happy pills”
18 April 2011

Governments have long been reluctant to draw attention to the links between mental health and socio-economic factors.

UK Politics
A reading list for radical thinkers
15 April 2011

This reading list may not make you happy, but it might just make you brave.

Education
It’s an education, all right
10 April 2011

British universities now see themselves as companies, and students are the losers.

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