Christina Patterson
Christina Patterson is a writer and columnist at The Independent. A former director of the Poetry Society, and literary programmer at the Southbank Centre, she writes on culture, society, politics, books, travel and the arts.
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I, too, was a bit naïve. I thought they would know what operation you'd had, instead of asking you why you couldn't walk
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Christina Patterson: Less of the pantomime politics, please
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
It perhaps isn't surprising that we have leaders who think the most important thing is how you look on a stage
There's a battle beyond the touchline
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Christina Patterson: Football can keep its offside rules, it can keep its Andies. It can keep its Dicks. Football doesn't wreck lives.
When sex and religion meet, it’s always messy
Saturday, 22 January 2011
Christina Patterson: No wonder people see counsellors, hoping their homosexuality will be 'healed'.
Christina Patterson: On paternity leave, I agree with Nick Clegg
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
Your mother may or may not acquire a partner, but an actual father is a concept as alien as a world without an Xbox
Christina Patterson: Why we should be grateful to a young offender's mother
Saturday, 15 January 2011
For some 18-year-olds, being photographed holding hands with your mother would be quite punishment enough. So would the suit. And the tie. Even if it was loosely knotted and worn with a not-fully-buttoned-up shirt.
The mysteries of Britain's monarchy infatuation
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
Christina Patterson: It is a shame that the Queen's eldest son seems such a terrible fuss-pot.
How I was smeared as an anti-Semite
Thursday, 23 December 2010
Christina Patterson: I saw my name on Twitter, that refuge for the bored and wanting-to-be-witty, next to the words 'Simon Wiesenthal'.
How a prophet of protest lost the moral plot
Wednesday, 22 December 2010
Christina Patterson: The heartless vanity of Assange has been exposed.
Christina Patterson: Every cause needs a celeb, and every celeb needs a cause
Saturday, 18 December 2010
The Saturday Column
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• Johann Hari: Get bishops out of our law-making
Is Nick Clegg even going to abandon his atheism, and give forces of organised religion yet more power over us?
• Mary Dejevsky: These welfare reforms won't end our costly sick-note culture
It is doubtful benefits will fall to point where low-paid jobs become attractive
• Terence Blacker: How to market your child star
As the squeeze tightens, families all over Britain will be looking around for a little financial miracle to help them out
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