Katya Sedgwick
Katya Sedgwick is a writer based in the San Francisco Bay area. Follow her at @KatyaSedgwick
Is the situation in Ukraine comparable to the siege of Leningrad?
There are more similarities than differences
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
Breaking the mould
The closure of the Denby pottery factor is an example of short-term political thinking
