Hermione Eyre

Profile: Full name: Hermione Eyre Area of interest: Lifestyle and celebrity (esp. analysis of celebrity culture), society Journals/Organisation: The Independent | The Independent on Sunday Email: h.eyre@independent.co.uk Personal website: Website: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/hermione-eyre Blog: Representation: Networks: http://twitter.com/HermioneEyre

Biography: About: http://www.humanism.org.uk/about/people/distinguished-supporters/hermione-eyre Education: Rugby School; Oxford University Career: Child actress; journalist. The Independent: assistant Editor of ABC (The Independent on Sunday's Arts, Books and Culture section) Current position/role: Contributing editor on the Evening Standard's ES magazine also writes/has written for: Other roles/Main role: Freelance writer for Prospect, New Statesman, ELLE magazine and The Times Other activities: Disclosures: Viewpoints/Insight: Broadcast media: Appeared on BBC Radio 4's Women's Hour, Radio 3's Night Waves and Sky News IMDb Video: Controversy/Criticism: Awards/Honours: Scoops: Other:

Books & Debate: The dictionary of national celebrity (2005) (with William Donaldson) OCLC 60794000 (review by DJ Taylor, The Guardian) Latest work: Speaking/Appearances: Debate:

The Independent: Column name: Remit/Info: Lifestyle and celebrity (esp. analysis of celebrity culture), society Section: Role: Commentator Pen-name: Email: h.eyre@independent.co.uk Website: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/hermione-eyre Commissioning editor: Day published: Varies Regularity: Column format: Average length:

Articles: 2011 Everyone's got an opinion – but should they all count? - The thing is, 100,000 signatures isn't what it was. It is currently the "magic threshold" used for government e-petitions - 17th November What use is a barcoded bottom? - There has never been a better time to be a woman, and yet in some ways, things seem to get worse all the time. Allow me to share some of the highs and lows of the past few days - 15th August

Articles: 2009 Vandalism leaves a bitter aftertaste - Was that a smirk in the newscaster's voice as he announced that Fred Goodwin's home had been vandalised? - 26th March You think you want power? You may be mistaken - Public achievement comes at a price. Why stick your head above the parapet - 28th February Get us thinking, BBC - How much longer can "Thought for the Day" continue on Radio 4's Today programme? - 14th January

Articles: 2008 Swot? Anarchist? Groper? There's a game for you - As with plots, there are seven ludic archetypes. And this is what they reveal - 27th December 2008 Oh, for a bit of tinsel on the stage - Please, we need to save Hansel and Gretel - 12th December 2008 In vain pursuit of punctuality - It is quick and clever to be early. It is rude and lazy to be late - 13th November 2008 From behind Obama, I could see a girl moved to tears ... - A Limey busybody, I joined the ranks of campaign volunteers - 4th November 2008 If you don't think philosophy can make you happy, you haven't read Seneca - Every day ends too soon; isn't life desperately short for living? - 3rd September 2008 Nonsense? At least the Tories are thinking - the Policy Exchange's suggestion that certain northern cities are not worth regenerating is pure, steaming nonsense, but however ill-judged that particular report may be, and however much bad publicity it has caused for David Cameron, it is a sign of something good: the Tories are thinking - 14th August 2008 Uncaring, unethical – and a risk to us all - Monday, 4th August 2008 Cool title, but what does it mean? - Friday, 16th May 2008 How did exploiting teenage girls become acceptable? - Thursday, 24th April 2008 A catcall is not only sexist, it's bad for business - Sunday, 6th April 2008 The night I dared not let my Oscars pass out of my sight - Saturday, 23rd February 2008 Not only witnesses need state protection - Hirsi Ali has been in limbo ever since 2006, when she admitted falsifying details on her asylum application - Saturday, 16th February 2008 Whoever said feminism was a thing of the past? - Saturday, 9th February 2008 When making our mark is not art but crime - Saturday, 2nd February 2008 Generation bird-brain? It's just evolution - Saturday, 19th January 2008 I have seen the future, and it is dark - Saturday, 12th January 2008 Was Flashman's world really no place for a girl? - Saturday, 5th January 2008

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