Writers
Brendan O'Neill
chief political writer
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Brendan O’Neill is spiked’s chief political writer, host of The Brendan O’Neill Show and author of the new book, A Heretic’s Manifesto: Essays on the Unsayable.
Tom Slater
Editor
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Tom Slater is editor of spiked. He appears weekly on the spiked podcast and is co-host of our Last Orders podcast.
Joanna Williams
Columnist
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Joanna Williams is a spiked columnist and director of the think tank, Cieo.
Ella Whelan
Columnist
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Ella Whelan is a spiked columnist and the author of What Women Want: Fun, Freedom and an End to Feminism.
Tim Black
Columnist
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Tim is a spiked columnist.
Mick Hume
Columnist
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Mick Hume is a spiked columnist and the author of Revolting!: How the Establishment are Undermining Democracy and What They’re Afraid Of.
Joel Kotkin
Columnist
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Joel Kotkin is a spiked columnist, the presidential fellow in urban futures at Chapman University and executive director of the Urban Reform Institute.
Julie Burchill
Columnist
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Julie Burchill is a spiked columnist and author of Welcome To The Woke Trials: How #Identity Killed Progressive Politics.
Simon Evans
Columnist
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Simon Evans is a spiked columnist and stand-up comedian.
Rakib Ehsan
Columnist
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Rakib Ehsan is a spiked columnist and the author of the forthcoming book, Beyond Grievance.
Inaya Folarin Iman
Columnist
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Inaya Folarin Iman is a spiked columnist and founder of the Equiano Project.
Wilfred Reilly
Columnist
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Wilfred Reilly is a spiked columnist and the author of Taboo: 10 Facts You Can’t Talk About.
Patrick West
Columnist
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Patrick West is a spiked columnist and author of Get Over Yourself: Nietzsche For Our Times.
Luke Gittos
Columnist
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Luke Gittos is a spiked columnist and author of Human Rights – Illusory Freedom: Why We Should Repeal the Human Rights Act.
Frank Furedi
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Frank Furedi is the executive director of the think-tank, MCC-Brussels.
Jo Bartosch
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Jo Bartosch is a journalist campaigning for the rights of women and girls.
Andrew Doyle
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Andrew Doyle is a GB News presenter and author of The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World.