Harriet Marsden
Harriet Marsden is a freelance journalist, editor and broadcast commentator. Her first novel, Don't Lose Your Head: Life Lessons from the Six Ex-Wives of Henry VIII, is out now.
Why musicals are Britain’s elite artform
Musical theatre is one of Britain’s most prized assets; we must protect this unique part of our culture and economy at all costs
British politicians are turning me into a libertarian
Their incompetence and presumptuousness is the best advert individualists have
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
The definitive Brexit book—for now
Shipman captures the compelling drama of Britain’s greatest peacetime political crisis since the People’s Budget
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
Subscribe to save the BBC
A radical new solution to the problem of the BBC’s outmoded licence fee that could ensure more high-quality programming
The shame of the Oxford Union
A debate on Israel and Palestine was a disgrace
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
Not a relaunch
Is that a PLAN FOR CHANGE in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?