Ella Whelan
co-convenor, Battle of Ideas festival; journalist; author, What Women Want

Ella Whelan is the co-convenor of the 2021 Battle of Ideas festival. She is a journalist and author of What Women Want: Fun, Freedom and an End to Feminism. Ella is a columnist for spiked and one third of the weekly spiked podcast.

Ella regularly appears on TV and radio, including Question Time, Today, Times Radio, Sky News, GMB, GB News, Any Questions, Moral Maze, Politics Live, Channel 4 and others. She has written for The Critic, New Statesman, Telegraph, Sunday Times, The Economist, the Irish Times, the Sun, Conscience, Spectator, City Am, IBT, Grazia, Standpoint and others.

Ella is one half of Lobster Films – a new production company making political documentaries about thorny issues that others shy away from.

Follow Ella on Twitter: @ella_m_whelan

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