Barbara Ellen
Barbara Ellen is a columnist for the Observer. She has also written for NME, the Times, Mail on Sunday, Elle, Marie Claire, Grazia, Loaded, GQ and Mojo
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Revelations from cycling champion Lizzie Armitstead show reform is still needed
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A film on Syria’s missing thousands was vital viewing. Plus Girls, the return of Love – and Brenda Blethyn as the least groomed TV cop since Columbo
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GPs have a duty to prevent unnecessary treatments for their patients, not to avoid giving offence
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The prime minister’s initiative on this most pernicious practice is welcome. Now she must put her money where her mouth is
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Alas, I fear I must put dreams of a return to our political scene for the former Labour hopeful behind me
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Disabled people have enough challenges, so why cut their benefits?
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As an ardent Remainer, it is the only party that will uphold my beliefs
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Findings by the Fawcett Society show a woeful ignorance of the facts surrounding sexual assault
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Fame provides a lot of protection for those publicly declaring themselves gay - protection ordinary people don’t have
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Good teeth are vital to all of us, yet the cost of maintaining them is prohibitive for far too many people
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There’s no point in false machismo when giving birth when pain relief is so close to hand
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The decision to prevent Milo Yiannopoulos from speaking at his old school helps no one
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The tormented, vulnerable star was just weeks away from death when she sang to JFK in an outfit so tight she had to be sewn in
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If you want it now, have you thought of popping down to the shops? It might just catch on
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The dramatised format isn’t perfect but this companion piece to Orbach’s Radio 4 series offers a real insight into the ‘talking cure’
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A male oral contraceptive will do little to alleviate the doubts that too often accompany sexual encounters
Book of the day Gone by Min Kym review – one prodigy’s passion for her violin