Frances Weaver

The Sex Factor

Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism by Natasha Walter

Raúl of Law

Frances Weaver considers Cuba's response to a blooming blogosphere

How to be One of the Twitterati

Frances Weaver introduces a new monthly column about the internet

Warmed Over

Environmentalists have hijacked a brilliant book and manipulated it for their own cause

Vote for Fun

The average Sicilian's attitude to the European elections sheds light on our relationship with our own politicians

News from Tehran

How should we judge these distinguished TV presenters, who are employed by a channel that publishes the work of Holocaust deniers?

Annie v. Elvis

When celebrities get involved in politics, they should look to Elvis rather than Annie Lennox

Not in Front of the Children

Cutting edge humour isn't actually cutting edge - it has simply moved from the private to the public

A Brother at War

Understanding the ordinariness of war helps me cope with my Royal Marine brother's service in Afghanistan

Underrated: Abroad

The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”

The king of cakes

"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"