Philippa Willitts is Editor in Chief of Global Comment. She is a British freelance writer who specialises in writing about disability, women's issues, social media and tech. She also enjoys covering politics and LGBTQI-related topics. She can be found on Twitter and Instagram @PhilippaWrites.
When I asked my friends what they would be glad to leave behind in 2017, rather than take forward with them into the upcoming new year, everything from toxic ex-partners to former homes, past jobs...
It’s that time of the year. Lots of parties, selfies, family photos and videos, and you want to look your best. And whether your shopping preferences are charity shops or high-end fashion stores,...
Sometimes, you just can’t bloody win. You are disabled and you face abuse and hatred because you are on benefits when you are not well enough to work. At some point, you come off benefits and get a...
Recently, Donald Trump’s claim that he turned down TIME’s opportunity to be Person of the Year again (though he called it Man of the Year) was disputed by the publication. I saw speculation that...
In March of this year, a pregnant woman went to a police station in London to report that she had been kidnapped and raped in Germany for a period of six months. The police sent her to Havens, a...
On Wednesday of this week, the grandly titled Chancellor of the Exchequer set out the UK government’s financial plans for the coming year and beyond. With his trademark red leather briefcase in...
When I was first involved in gay politics in the 1990s, the “T” was only just beginning to commonly be added to the letters LGB. The bisexual members of our community felt rightly discouraged...
Death and taxes are supposed to be the two inevitabilities of life but, for some of the most privileged, the latter appear to be being widely avoided by sneaky investments in tax havens abroad. As...
As a long, long list of men in the film industry accused of sexual harassment and abuse gets ever longer, and Trump seeks to silence his accusers, politicians in London are being put under the...
The UK General Election in June of this year turned around with some quite unexpected results. One of these, on the other side of my city, was the former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg being beaten...
