Lisa Mackenzie
Lisa Mackenzie is a former civil servant in the UK Government where she worked as a government communications specialist in a number of Whitehall departments. She co-founded Murray Blackburn Mackenzie
How trans activists captured the hate crime agenda
The “hate crime” agenda is based on bad policing and worse politics
The revised Scottish Prison Service transgender prisoner policy is not fit for purpose
Any work for bringing it into force should be stopped
When things could only get better
Fans of the 1990s aren’t nostalgic reactionaries. They celebrate an era of optimism, peace, prosperity and great popular culture
WHO do they think they are?
Politicians should be more sceptical about ideology packaged as “public health”
What does surrogacy say about us?
We are putting the interests of adults above those of children
Boris comes down from the mountain
Is he the Tory messiah, or just a very naughty boy?
Toxic relationship
For a long time, it has seemed that you’re nobody until somebody’s tried to get you cancelled
Religious freedom is being ignored this election
The global persecution of Christians and other religious minorities will be a defining issue for the next government, but it is barely being discussed
Lucia di Lammermoor, Royal Opera House
It’s an amazing paradox that something as tawdry as opera can produce such a pure expression of what it is to be human
Mad dogs and English football
Our memories of hooliganism deserve more nuance
How I came to live in Looking-Glass House
How it feels to be exiled over political disagreement