Patrick Strudwick
Patrick is a freelance feature writer and commentator for a variety of newspapers including The Independent, The Times, The Guardian and the Mail on Sunday.
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I'm bored of Anthony Weiner 'sext' scandals - but I'm even more bored of these hypocritical puritans
24 July 2013 03:15 PM
Some people think it's anti-feminist for Weiner’s wife to “stand by her man”, but giving oppressive Victorian values a huge V sign is the exact opposite
Gay Marriage Bill: This has been a wonderful day. I only wish the 14-year-old me could have seen it
17 July 2013 03:37 PM
When the Queen signed the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill into law today she’ll have had no idea what it will really mean for gay people. I do.
Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
02 July 2013 03:59 PM
If broadcasting the call to prayer will really "inflame community tensions", as the Sun, Ukip and Tory MP Conor Burns contend, shouldn't we also ban Songs of Praise?
World Aids Day: Suddenly I had a future, the relief was immense
30 November 2012 11:25 PM
Patient co-ordinator Chris is one of the longest living survivors of HIV in Britain. He speaks to Patrick Strudwick
Don't punish victims of violent crime further by removing compensation they desperately need
13 November 2012 06:52 PM
With cuts to the number of victims that will receive a pay-out, Compassionate Conservatism has never looked so oxymoronic. Whose side are Tories on?
Pierre Dukan: 'Yes, slimmer teenagers do deserve better exam grades'
28 October 2012 09:30 PM
His diet is worth £80m and fans include the Middletons, but Pierre Dukan has stood down as a doctor and is accused of harming health. Patrick Strudwick met him
Savage by name: Why is Paul O'Grady so angry?
20 October 2012 12:00 AM
The comedian and TV presenter is in no mood to forgive and forget – and, he tells Patrick Strudwick, his list of wrongdoers starts with Jimmy Savile
Psychotherapist who tried to ‘cure’ me of homosexuality has at last been struck off
04 October 2012 03:21 PM
Our writer, who uncovered gay "conversion" therapy in Britain, discusses his struggle with practitioners and British psychotherapy's regulating body
Exclusive: GP 'straight' talk
21 September 2012 08:43 AM
Senior doctor tells trainee GPs to act less "overtly gay" in order to pass their medical examinations.
Senior GP: don't act too gay if you want to be a doctor
21 September 2012 12:00 AM
Probe launched over controversial exam guide
- 1 Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
- 2 Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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