Ella Whelan
co-convenor, Battle of Ideas festival; journalist; author, What Women Want
Ella Whelan is the co-convenor of the 2024 Battle of Ideas festival. She is a journalist and author of What Women Want: Fun, Freedom and an End to Feminism. Ella is also the author of The Case for Women’s Freedom, a Letter on Liberty published by the Academy of Ideas.
Ella is a columnist for spiked and a regular writer for the Telegraph. She regularly appears on TV and radio, including Question Time, Today, Moral Maze, Times Radio, Sky News, GMB, GB News, Any Questions, Politics Live, Channel 4 and others. She has written for The Critic, New Statesman, Sunday Times, The Economist, the Irish Times, the Sun, Conscience, Spectator, City AM, IBT, Grazia, Standpoint and others.
Follow Ella on X: @ella_m_whelan
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Saturday 18 October, 10:15 Westminster Room, Church House
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Letters on Liberty: The Tyranny of Campus Wellbeing
Saturday 18 October, 14:45 Temple Room, Church House
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Saturday 18 October, 14:45 Abbey Room, Church House
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Sunday 19 October, 11:00 Robert Runcie Room, Church House
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Sunday 19 October, 12:45 Council Room, Church House
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Sunday 19 October, 13:45 Robert Runcie Room, Church House
After the Supreme Court: the end of trans ideology?
Sunday 19 October, 13:45 Assembly Hall, Church House
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The rise of snitch culture
Sunday 19 October, 15:45 Robert Runcie Room, Church House
Damsels in distress? The women’s safety dilemma
Wednesday 12 November, 19:00 Online, via Zoom
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Saturday 7 March, 11:55 Cotton Theatre, Pendulum Hotel, Manchester
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