Sarah Ditum
Sarah Ditum is a freelance journalist and blogger, whose writing has appeared in the New Statesman, Psychologies and the Guardian‘s Comment is Free.
Articles by Sarah Ditum
Book review: The Sex Lives of English Women
This book, detailing women's sexual lives, purports to show raw womanhood - but lacks an overarching analysis.
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Revisiting Victorian England
Sarah Perry's novel The Essex Serpent introduces us to the curious, the crankish, the sceptical, and the devout.
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Reimagining John Lennon
Kevin Barry's inventive novel Beatlebone makes the singer someone worth reading about again.
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What does Utopia tell us about our attitudes to disaster?
Channel 4’s conspiracy-thriller Utopia weaves a horror story from recent history. What does it tell us?
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A sympathetic gaze
George Eliot is not only a great novelist but a pioneer of a serious, and underappreciated, approach to the meaning of religious belief, says Sarah Ditum
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Book review: How to Create the Perfect Wife
Sarah Ditum on the incredible true story of Thomas Day, the 18th-century Englishman who tried to use the ideas of the Enlightenment to mould his ideal bride
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Body scam
After the binge comes the purge. But, warns Sarah Ditum, forgo the flashy trainers and ditch the detox – there is another way
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Too much, too young
Hundreds of children every year are being forced to marry against their will. What is being done to stop it? Sarah Ditum reports
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Jokers in the pack
As David Cameron’s reshuffle shifts the Coalition to the right, Sarah Ditum warns of trouble ahead for women's rights
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Forced marriage must not be tolerated
The murder of Shafilea Ahmed has thrown the spotlight on the scandal of forced marriage in Britain. It's time we ended it, says Sarah Ditum
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Rites & responsibilities
The appalling case of Kristy Bamu, tortured to death for being a witch, suggests belief in malign spirits is becoming widespread in Britain. Sarah Ditum explores what is being done to protect the vulnerable
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The growing threat to abortion rights
Nadine Dorries may have suffered defeats in Parliament, but the anti-choice lobby continues gain in strength, warns Sarah Ditum
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