Recently, I’ve been reading a book called Women Who Think Too Much. Why? Well, because I think too much. My yoga teacher once said that everybody’s mind is full of monkeys, constantly chattering away, and I would like to get my damn monkeys to shut up once in a while. Anyway, it’s made me think [...]

I have been exercised, recently, by the lack of women involved in the election and latterly in the Labour leadership contest. And now the boys-only tendency appears to be spreading. The latest issue of the generally enjoyable Total Politics magazine includes a feature on the history of House of Commons reform. It lists the 1832, [...]