Celia Walden

No, BBC. Bare nails are not racist

By: Celia Walden

I've had some rude awakenings in my time, but being told I'm a white supremacist before I've had my coffee? That's got to be up there.

The Telegraph

Christmas in September is a surefire way to kill any excitement

By: Celia Walden

Every year, I’m reminded how allergic I am to the premature festive panic that seems to infect us all at the mere mention of the ‘C’ word

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I earn less than my husband. Why would I whinge about cooking dinner?

By: Celia Walden

Celia Walden will be responding to your comments from 5:30pm on Tuesday

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We need Thatcher now more than ever

By: Celia Walden

“Well, Margaret Thatcher cared about growth, didn’t she?” I’m tidying up the sitting room on Sunday evening when I hear this line from a Sky News pundit. It’s not the point itself (which is unarguable), but the delivery that stops me in my tracks.

The Met has realised there is a good reason for positive discrimination

By: Celia Walden

"These are not ideological arguments. They are practical policing realities."

The Telegraph

That book you’re thinking of writing? Please don’t

By: Celia Walden

Everybody is under the delusion that they have what it takes to be an author, but the facts don’t match the fiction

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Burnham is becoming Labour's Boris (not in a good way)

By: Celia Walden

“It's for a good cause.” After a few back and forths around the conference table with the Number 10 press team, that will have been the clincher.

Left-wingers are fooling themselves: there's no such thing as 'virtuous violence'

By: Celia Walden

It's not often Hollywood stars come out with something so perceptive it stops you in your tracks. Then again Sacha Baron Cohen isn't your average actor.

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The Left is fooling itself – violence can never be virtuous

By: Celia Walden

It’s not often Hollywood stars come out with something so perceptive that it stops you in your tracks. Then again, Sacha Baron Cohen isn’t your average actor. He’s not your average comedian, writer or producer either. His unique brand of social satire has always exposed particularly uncomfortable truths.

Irish Independent

Celia Walden: The left is fooling itself — violence can never be virtuous

By: Celia Walden

Looting and burning down historic buildings have no place in society, but this is what ‘defenders of justice and equality' have embraced