Suzanne Moore

Society

The double act that changed Britain

• 27 September 2004

The Today programme has far too much shouting. Instead, watch Richard and Judy, who really do get answers out of people. Their show is where the power now lies in this country

Politics

Beyond the double shift

• 19 July 2004

Up to now, new Labour has been determined that we should all work, work, work, including parents of infants. Has it changed its mind?

Books

The bag lady of feminism. Valerie Solanas described men as "walking abortions" and called on women to withdraw from the workforce. Why is it that, instead of being given her due, this clairvoyant genius has so often been treated as an embarrassment?

• 28 June 2004
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Scum Manifesto Valerie Solanas (with an introduction by Avital Ronell) Verso, 80pp, £10 ISBN 1859845533

Ideas

NS Essay - Babies have now to be trained in the Protestant work ethic

• 12 April 2004

As parents claim the credit if their child succeeds and professionals say there's something wrong with the family if the kids do badly, Suzanne Moore explores the implications of not trusting children to exercise free will

Society

NS Profile - Naomi Wolf

• 01 March 2004

A perfectly packaged would-be feminist, she can turn even the most highly political issue into her own, personal story. Naomi Wolf profiled

Books

The sleep of reason

• 26 January 2004

How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World: a short history of modern delusions Francis Wheen Fourth Estate, 338pp, £16.99 ISBN 0007140975

Culture

A material world. Far from being meaningless spectacle, fashion can show us what we really should be seeing. And so, since the "heroin chic" of the 1990s, it has become increasingly dangerous and disturbing. By Suzanne Moore

• 05 January 2004

Fashion at the Edge: spectacle, modernity and deathliness Caroline Evans Yale University Press, 326pp, £30 ISBN 0300101929

North America

All technique and no trousers. Bill Clinton is celebrated for his almost "carnal" relationship with voters. Despite Monicagate and the string of scandals, women continue to forgive and adore him. suzanne moore refuses to be seduced

• 17 November 2003

Bill Clinton: an American journey Nigel Hamilton Century, 784pp, £25 ISBN 0375506101

Politics

The Mummy returns. Margaret Thatcher will continue to haunt the left as much as she does her own party until her legacy is properly understood. Suzanne Moore on our fear of an unlaid ghost

• 17 March 2003

Thatcher, Politics and Fantasy: the political culture of gender and nation Heather Nunn Lawrence & Wishart, 224pp, £17.99 ISBN 0853159629

Diary - Suzanne Moore

• 24 February 2003

My favourite banner, which I grant perhaps does not show great political sophistication, undermined Blair's moral superiority in playground terms: "Blair bums Bush"