Janice Turner
@VictoriaPeckham
Columnist & interviewer, The Times. Orwell Prize for Journalism. Trustee of @AldeburghCinema.
My @thetimes column on the Stephen Ireland abuse scandal and the imperative of neutral policing.
Child abuse case shows perils of Pride policing thetimes.com/comment/column…
Very similar dynamic here to when women tried to raise concerns with councils & police about the Rotherham/Rochdale grooming gangs.
What did councils actually know about Pride in Surrey founder Stephen Ireland before he was arrested for child rape? I've been speaking to several women who were trying to raise the alarm as much as six years ago...will lessons be learned? telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/0…
Under the Tories, 2,000 a day were signed off work on sickness benefit. Under Labour? It’s 3,000. This is a social and economic calamity. My Times column on how to fix it:- thetimes.com/article/2d1c43…
My interview with @michaelgove for @thetimes
Michael Gove on divorce, gay rumours, dating and the Camerons thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…
“If good people don’t grip difficult issues, in my experience bad people do.” Why Baroness Casey’s words are right about the grooming gangs and so much else. My @thetimes column. thetimes.com/article/83c7b2…
Arguments I never want to hear from law-makers again *That thing you're concerned about may never happen *There will be v few cases *It's already law in X "It's 'international best practice' *Only the Right/Christians/etc make your points Sound policy stands on its own merits
If you want to ignite an abortion culture war saying you're "comfortable" with women terminating a pregnancy at 37 weeks, is a can of petrol. Yet this radical change is set to go through with almost no debate. And I'm a life-long, pro-Choice advocate. thetimes.com/article/ive-al…
“Any woman could end a pregnancy at any time, 35 weeks, 36 weeks, 37 weeks, without committing an offence. And you are comfortable with that?” “Yes I am.” Labour MP @ToniaAntoniazzi says women who have abortions need “help and support”, not prosecuting. @StigAbell
A moving correspondence between the novelist Kate Mosse and an Afghan woman author, which is also an exquisitely beautiful piece of online storytelling. The Taliban letters: one woman writes in freedom, the other in fear. @thetimes thetimes.com/article/5a3a45…
Letters between the amazing British novelist @katemosse and a brave Afghan writer, facilitared by @LucyHannah19. Beautifully out together by my amazing female colleagues @venetiamenzies and @NinaKrause thetimes.com/article/5a3a45…
Gender row over the Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who controversially won a gold medal at the Paris Olympics, is finally over but does male pundits no credit | ✍️ Janice Turner thetimes.com/comment/column…
I interviewed Sarah Vine @WestminsterWAG about her memoir, life as Mrs Gove, and falling out with the Camerons. Haterz, as they say, are gonna hate. thetimes.com/article/3fe72e…
Here's a test for males in women's sports – just look who sports hacks like the BBC's @bigdaddybunce are rooting for. My @thetimes notebook. thetimes.com/comment/column…
