Ella Whelan

London

Author and Journalist at Freelance

Journo / Author, What Women Want /co-convenor, #BattleFest /editor, Letters on Liberty /Columnist @spikedonline / Subscribe to https://t.co/cV7ARurBbe

Articles

It's hard to take Pride

6 days ago | thespectator.com | Ella Whelan

For the entirety of June each year, companies and institutions go rainbow for Pride. But this year, social media seems a little less awash with multicoloured flags – and fewer and fewer companies have bothered with their annual logo change. Could it be that we have all, finally, tired of this mandatory rainbow charade? Donald Trump has certainly made his feelings known. World Pride was held in Washington DC this year.
It’s hard to take Pride

6 days ago | spectator.com.au | Ella Whelan

For the entirety of June each year, companies and institutions go rainbow for Pride. But this year, social media seems a little less awash with multicoloured flags – and fewer and fewer companies have bothered with their annual logo change. Could it be that we have all, finally, tired of this mandatory rainbow charade? Donald Trump has certainly made his feelings known.
Celebrity nudity has gone too far

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ella Whelan
Stephen Fry embodies everything wrong with our cultural elite

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ella Whelan
Stephen Fry embodies everything wrong with our cultural elite

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Ella Whelan

Stephen FryAnother day, another celebrity dunks on JK Rowling. Stephen Fry has joined the long list of Harry Potter beneficiaries like Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Daniel Ratcliffe to turn on Rowling for her views on biological sex. During a podcast recording for The Show People, Fry told the audience that Rowling “seems to be a lost cause for us” because she “says things that are inflammatory and contemptuous, mocking and add to a terribly distressing time for trans people”.
Stephen Fry embodies everything wrong with our cultural elite

1 week ago | aol.co.uk | Ella Whelan

Another day, another celebrity dunks on JK Rowling. Stephen Fry has joined the long list of Harry Potter beneficiaries like Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Daniel Ratcliffe to turn on Rowling for her views on biological sex. During a podcast recording for The Show People, Fry told the audience that Rowling “seems to be a lost cause for us” because she “says things that are inflammatory and contemptuous, mocking and add to a terribly distressing time for trans people”.
There's more to the Ballymena riots than racism

1 week ago | spiked-online.com | Ella Whelan

The violent unrest that has gripped Northern Ireland has deep, complex roots. Share Topics Politics UK Want to read spiked ad-free? Become a spiked supporter. The actual fires might have been put out in Ballymena, North Antrim. But the social, political fires are still ablaze. It has been a grim week or so in Northern Ireland.
No wonder Ed Sheeran identifies as Irish - no one wants to be British any more

2 weeks ago | aol.co.uk | Ella Whelan

Ed Sheeran has prompted an online backlash for telling Louis Theroux that he is “culturally Irish”. Speaking on The Louis Theroux Podcast, the star said “I class my culture as Irish. I think that’s what I grew up with”. “Just because I was born in Britain doesn’t necessarily mean that I have to just be [British], there’s loads of people I know that are half this or quarter this”, he continued.
No wonder Ed Sheeran identifies as Irish

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ella Whelan

Cultural identity is a thorny and important issue. Years of political elites pushing multiculturalism - effectively encouraging immigrants not to assimilate - has meant that not only do many people not feel culturally British, they have no sense of what a British national identity is. In many towns and cities across the UK today, clashes of cultural identity are causing major problems. But what are British values? No politician has been able to answer that question in decades.
Patti LuPone is a diva - not a racist

3 weeks ago | thespectator.com | Ella Whelan

No one feuds quite as well as a celebrity woman. Don’t believe the sickly sweet farce between Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, ego, bright lights and competition for stage time have always provoked infighting. But while leading ladies used to duke it out Bette Davis and Joan Crawford style, today’s celebrity duels are a lot nastier. Over the weekend, Patti LuPone did something unheard of – she apologized. Or, at least, she released an apologetic statement.