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Filth, fury and the funny way Britain feels about Joe Orton

Posted on August 10, 2017 by samiraahmed

You never forget your first time. I was 19 years old. I descended into a dark, cramped basement where student actors brought to life a weird, twisted sexual triangle. Going to student drama productions in odd spaces around the University … Continue reading →

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Stop making do. Is Britain up for mending a culture of exploitation?

Posted on April 19, 2017 by samiraahmed

A few years ago I was in a cathedral with 400 sixth formers. We were debating ethics and green living. Many seemed very concerned. “How many of you buy cheap clothes that you throw away?” I asked. I saw plenty … Continue reading →

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Outrage is cheap: Challenging politicians about Rotherham, race & misogyny

Posted on October 6, 2014 by samiraahmed

  I suppose it’s good to still get agitated about stories I cover. But the amount of political capital that politicans have tried to make out of the Rotherham child sexual grooming scandal left me all the more appalled when … Continue reading →

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But it’s news… Some questions about Woolwich coverage

Posted on May 23, 2013 by samiraahmed

 I’ll be discussing questions about BBC TV’s news coverage of the horrific Woolwich street murder of a young soldier on Newswatch with the head of the BBC Newsroom, Mary Hockaday on Friday May 24th. This blog post lays out some … Continue reading →

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Troublesome slags: What Rochdale reveals about our attitudes to teenage girls

Posted on September 27, 2012 by samiraahmed

Heywood, Rochdale (Photo by Peter Byrne/PA) A provisional multi agency report into the scale of sexual abuse of young girls in Rochdale published today admitted there were issues about the legitimate sexual “consent” of 13 year old girls that the … Continue reading →

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No Children of Ours: Rochdale and conveyor belt grooming

Posted on May 10, 2012 by samiraahmed

Posted 2012 15 years ago the renowned filmmaker Peter Kosminsky made No Child of Mine, a controversial drama about a teenage girl in care who’d ended up being passed around by men for sex. The phenomenon was called “conveyor belt … Continue reading →

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Robocop policing: A warning about future riots

Posted on February 5, 2012 by samiraahmed

The  former Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Brian Paddick gave me an interview for The World This Weekend on Radio 4 in which he issued a warning about a fundamental breakdown in the police’s social contract with the … Continue reading →

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Afghanistan: NATO’s 10 year feminist experiment

Posted on October 7, 2011 by samiraahmed

This is some of the further detail from my feature for today’s Guardian that was not in the final edit. It makes reference to two major  reports on women and Afghanistan put out this week by Action Aid and  Oxfam. … Continue reading →

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How To Loot It — Who’s defining the riots?

Posted on August 13, 2011 by samiraahmed

UPDATE: Monday August 15th How interesting that the Prime Minister has today come out with a nation healing speech which concludes with a reference to bankers’ bonuses, MPs’ expenses and an insistence that “There is no them and us. Only … Continue reading →

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Exclusives, damned exclusives (and some lies).

Posted on July 7, 2011 by samiraahmed

UPDATED: FRIDAY JULY 15TH 2 senior NI/NewsCorp executives have quit within hours today: Rebekah Brooks and Les Hinton. NI’s Legal chief Tom Crone left earlier this week after more than 20 years. And Rupert Murdoch apologised in person to the … Continue reading →

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