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'''Joan Alison Smith''' (born 27 August 1953, London) is an English novelist, journalist and human rights activist, who is a former chair of the Writers in Prison committee in the English section of International PEN. She is a columnist with ''The Independent'' (UK), but has also has written columns for ''The Independent on Sunday'' and ''The Guardian'' and her reviews appear in the ''Financial Times'', ''The Sunday Times'' and ''The Independent''. She is one of the presenters on ''What the Papers Say'' and a regular contributor to BBC radio. | '''Joan Alison Smith''' (born 27 August 1953, London) is an English novelist, journalist and human rights activist, who is a former chair of the Writers in Prison committee in the English section of International PEN. She is a columnist with ''The Independent'' (UK), but has also has written columns for ''The Independent on Sunday'' and ''The Guardian'' and her reviews appear in the ''Financial Times'', ''The Sunday Times'' and ''The Independent''. She is one of the presenters on ''What the Papers Say'' and a regular contributor to BBC radio. | ||
| − | Her partner is [[Denis MacShane]], the controversial Labour MP | + | Her former partner is [[Denis MacShane]], the controversial Labour MP <ref> [[http://jonathanfryer.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/what-will-survive/ What Will Survive], Jonathan Fryer, 5 July 2007 (blog) </ref> |
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
| − | *[[National Secular Society]] | + | *Honorary Associate [[National Secular Society]]<ref> National Secular Society [http://www.secularism.org.uk/honoraryassociates.html Our Honorary Associates]. Accessed 20 September 2015.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 16:03, 22 September 2015
Joan Alison Smith (born 27 August 1953, London) is an English novelist, journalist and human rights activist, who is a former chair of the Writers in Prison committee in the English section of International PEN. She is a columnist with The Independent (UK), but has also has written columns for The Independent on Sunday and The Guardian and her reviews appear in the Financial Times, The Sunday Times and The Independent. She is one of the presenters on What the Papers Say and a regular contributor to BBC radio.
Her former partner is Denis MacShane, the controversial Labour MP [1]
Affiliations
- Honorary Associate National Secular Society[2]
- The Independent
Publications
Columns
- Joan Smith, Punishment for people who don't deserve it, The Independent, 31 May 2007. (Steven Rose provides a criticism of this column here: Why pick on Israel? Because its actions are wrong, The Independent, 4 June 2007.)
- Joan Smith, The evidence indicates that political Islam hates our way of life, not our foreign policy, The Independent, 4 July 2007.
- Joan Smith, The common factors behind the bombers, The Independent, 11 July 2007.
Joan Smith Novels
- What Will Survive, Arcadia, 2007.
- Moralities
- Misogynies
Notes
- ↑ [What Will Survive, Jonathan Fryer, 5 July 2007 (blog)
- ↑ National Secular Society Our Honorary Associates. Accessed 20 September 2015.
