Natasha Walter

My next book, Feminism for a World on Fire, is out next May. In it, I’m honest about the challenges that women are facing, from misogyny to the climate emergency - but I also look at how women are still defending our rights and trying to build a better world…

Lots of people are saying that today marks the largest mass arrest in Britain. Not quite. Back on 17 Sept 1961, my mum helped organise this demo where over 1000 were arrested for sitting down in Trafalgar Square. If we don’t want today’s resistance to be forgotten, let’s not forget yesterday’s.

I am genuinely shocked at Labour’s move to deny access to citizenship to refugees who came here by irregular routes. I am thinking of so many people I know who had no choice but to take those routes. From the young woman I know who was imprisoned and tortured in Ethiopia and came by small boat

We don’t just live in a world where rapists and misogynists are tolerated. We now live in a world where rapists and misogynists have all the political power and will confidently protect and amplify one another in defiance of the law. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7...

Just received my first printed copy! As I was writing I sometimes wondered if looking so deeply into the threats facing women was making me overly apprehensive. But we can all see now - the world is burning, and women are bearing the brunt. How do we resist? #FeminismforaWorldonFire Out 7 May

Today I’m sitting in a studio recording the audio book of my new book, Feminism for a World on Fire. When I chose the title it sounded like a metaphor.

Want to see more use of AI in journalism? Take a look at this Telegraph obituary of Charlotte Raven in 2025, clearly written by ChatGPT, which attributes my book, Living Dolls, to Raven as co-author and misrepresents its thesis. ☹️ www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...

Absolutely insane that 42% of Americans still approve of Trump.

What can one say? It’s impossible to read this and not to be filled with horror and sorrow. What Israel is doing in the West Bank is unspeakable.

Back in 2006, I & some friends wanted to start a new initiative for women crossing borders. We began with a single event, at which refugee women’s stories were told and connections made. We invited all the women we knew who we thought might listen! Jenni Murray sat in the front row and

So sorry to hear that Jenni Murray has died. Such a warm and empathetic radio presence, and just as great in person. I was lucky to be interviewed by her more than once. Much missed.

The article by John Lanchester on intergenerational inequality is super interesting but it gets one thing entirely wrong. On travel in the before times. Nobody spent much time on the phone pre-planning travel. In the days of itemised phone bills and premium rate daytime calls, are you kidding?

Last month I was in Beirut visiting Makani, an organisation that works with refugee women in the UK and Lebanon. I met the most brilliant women at the charity's centre, who have built a great community & also do skilled (& genuinely beautiful) creative work in embroidery and crochet. So I have 1/3

I spoke to BBC reporter Tim Whewell for this programme on Syria’s Kurds and the women’s revolution of North East Syria. Worth a listen, not for me but for the Kurdish women who speak so movingly about their lives transformed- and the threats ahead. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...