Catherine Marcus is a writer. How astonishing to see Heather Keating, the head of Hastings Police, taken to task by Laurie Penny for writing, “It’s always sad to see young women become victims of sexual offences,” on her Twitter feed, followed by a gender-neutral suggestion not to drink too much on New Year’s Eve, lest […]
Catherine Marcus is a civil servant and writer. It cannot be accidental that the organisers of the latest Occupy event have chosen the eleventh day of the eleventh month for their latest "global" outing – Occupy Everything. It is fascinating that the children, grand-children of the men and women who served, fought and died in […]
Catherine Marcus is a civil servant and writer I read Siobhan Courtney’s recent blog on the Spectator's Coffee House site with interest, as she condemned the government for failing to support legislation that would accord unmarried, cohabiting couples the same rights as married ones. I noted that she was calling for the protection the law ascribed to […]
Catherine Marcus is a civil servant and writer. I have listened with interest to the passionate arguments for and against the cuts; statism versus Big Society; what some see as society’s duty to protect the poor and weak as opposed to others' desires to take an axe to a bloated welfare system. I belong to […]
Catherine Marcus is a civil servant and writer “Reclaim your inner slut”, say the organisers of Slutwalk – a movement which originated in Toronto in protest at a comment by Mark Sanguinelli, a police officer, to a group of students that they should avoid dressing like sluts, in order to help prevent sexual attacks. Here in […]
Catherine Marcus is a writer. Growing up is always hard. Growing up today is infinitely more so. Part of growing up is about learning to deal with the bad stuff. It’s about having chips knocked off you and learning to defend yourself and others when the need arises. There is no way of waving a […]