Lara Brown

Washington, D.C.

Opinion Contributor at The Hill

Political Scientist. Author, Amateur Hour & Jockeying for the American Presidency. Proud UCLA Bruin (3 degrees). College football & SD Padres fan.

Articles

Ministers must now stand up for women's rights

1 week ago | spectator.co.uk | Lara Brown

Text size Small Medium Large Line Spacing Compact Normal Spacious Comments The highest court in the land was set the task of determining: what is a woman? Today it gave its answer: sex in the Equality Act 2010 is biological and immutable and cannot be altered by a gender recognition certificate (GRC). The Supreme Court should be commended for securing women’s sex-based rights – rights to which they have should always have been entitled as a matter of law. It will come as a surprise to many...
Museums need a new approach to restitution

1 week ago | spectator.com.au | Lara Brown

Three years ago, the Horniman Museum agreed to return 72 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. The museum’s chair hailed the decision as ‘moral and appropriate’. Curators were promised that they were handing those artefacts over to the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, a government agency tasked with preserving the country’s heritage.
Museums need a new approach to restitution

1 week ago | spectator.co.uk | Lara Brown

Text size Small Medium Large Line Spacing Compact Normal Spacious Comments Three years ago, the Horniman Museum agreed to return 72 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. The museum’s chair hailed the decision as ‘moral and appropriate’. Curators were promised that they were handing those artefacts over to the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, a government agency tasked with preserving the country’s heritage. But where are the Bronzes now? The sad reality is it is almost impossible to find...
Principles for Restitution - Policy Exchange

1 week ago | policyexchange.org.uk | Lara Brown

A new Policy Exchange report, Principles for Restitution, published today, documents the increasing pressure on UK museum to return artefacts to their country of origin and shows that in too many cases such decisions are being taken on an inconsistent or partial basis. The report also highlights how some museums are using ‘long term loans’ as a form of ‘restitution by the back door’.
Why it is more important than ever to preserve Shakespeare’s legacy

4 weeks ago | independent.co.uk | Lara Brown

Comment William Shakespeare’s plays have an undeniable universality, and yet the charity founded to safeguard the work is planning to denigrate it, writes Lara Brown. This sort of cultural vandalism is not in the public interest and must be challengedThe Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has decided to announce on their own website that many of the artefacts in their care are “racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise harmful”. It is an all-too-familiar story.
Have we reached peak EDI?

1 month ago | spectator.co.uk | Lara Brown

As the old saying goes, ‘when American sneezes, England catches a cold’. This week, the two major city watchdogs announced they will be ditching planned ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ regulation. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the regulator for Britain’s financial services sector, first announced their plans to impose extensive new Diversity and Inclusion rules in 2023. After significant pushback at the time, they have finally declared it has ‘no plans to take the work further’.
Labour must learn from Kamala Harris's transgender muddle

Nov 8, 2024 | spectator.co.uk | Lara Brown

Donald Trump’s remarkable election victory has been rightly attributed to the long shadow of inflation combined with mass illegal immigration across the southern border. While these factors dominated the national swing, an under-discussed element of the Republican campaign was the relentless targeting of voters in swing states with paid advertising linking Kamala Harris to radical trans ideology. Why was this – and what lessons should be drawn for Labour in the UK? The ads were simple.
Labour must learn from Kamala Harris’s transgender muddle

Nov 8, 2024 | spectator.com.au | Lara Brown

Donald Trump’s remarkable election victory has been rightly attributed to the long shadow of inflation combined with mass illegal immigration across the southern border. While these factors dominated the national swing, an under-discussed element of the Republican campaign was the relentless targeting of voters in swing states with paid advertising linking Kamala Harris to radical trans ideology.
The latest fourth plinth excrescence proves Britain has become a self-loathing country

Sep 19, 2024 | yahoo.com | Lara Brown

The long march of gender ideology through the institutions has now arrived at the door of Trafalgar Square. Yesterday a towering cuboid depicting the faces of 726 transgender people was erected atop the controversial fourth plinth in London. The three-tonne sculpture features plaster cast “life masks” taken from transgender people and assembled on a Mesoamerican “tzompantli”, or skull rack. The installation will blight our capital until 2026.
The latest fourth plinth excrescence proves Britain has become a self-loathing country

Sep 19, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Lara Brown

The fourth plinth includes plaster casts of the faces of 726 transgender people Matthew Chattle The long march of gender ideology through the institutions has now arrived at the door of Trafalgar Square. Yesterday a towering cuboid depicting the faces of 726 transgender people was erected atop the controversial fourth plinth in London. The three-tonne sculpture features plaster cast “life masks” taken from transgender people and assembled on a Mesoamerican “tzompantli”, or skull rack. The...