Anna McGovern
Anna McGovern is a PR and public affairs consultant, freelance TV commentator and writer, and social action campaigner. She is the recipient of the Diana Legacy Award and Prime Minister’s 1050th Point of Light for services to volunteering. She tweets at @AnnaMcGovernUK
A pantomime of womanhood
Women’s pain is not a novelty to be impersonated
Procedural Man
The Process is good, the Process is correct, no matter what, trust the Process
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
The fading fumes of the New Right
None of the Tory candidates offer the chance of an ideological makeover
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
Could there be a Reform revolution?
Reform’s Welsh Conference brimmed with optimism — but can that be translated into success?
Religion without mercy
Progressivism has all the zeal of Christianity, but none of its emphasis on forgiveness
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
The perversity of the Oasis reunion
The cultural optimism of the nineties has been lost