Stefano Hatfield

Stefano Hatfield is Executive Editor of The Independent with special responsibility for i. He writes a daily letter in the i paper.

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Caroline Criado-Perez, who also runs the Women’s Room campaign to promote women in the media, played a pivotal role in ensuring that Jane Austen would feature on the £10 note

From green ink to digital bile - how can we put a stop to online bullying?

Bullies hide beyond anonymity. We need to bring them out into the open

Even this heatwave is no excuse for a staycation

I've had some fine times at home, but I am never that person who comes back from Cornwall or Scotland swearing I need never set foot in Sicily or Sardinia again

Michael Buble

The No. 1 mistake? Writing off the music industry just because you're no longer so fully engaged

The tickets don't come cheap, but somehow gigs all over the country remain packed

The Rolling Stones still appeal to all generations. How many bands can boast that?

I didn’t go to Glastonbury, so I am not yet able to tell if “Time Is Still On (Their) Side” or whether they should just “Please Go Home”

Cows which have tested positive for tuberculosis have been sold for human consumption

TB or not TB? Another blow to our national diet

What we need is a campaign to promote a more vegetarian diet

Jeremy Forrest was jailed for five and a half years

Why is there a queue of people lining up to support the paedophile Forrest?

As parents, we rely on adults in positions of trust to care for our children and act responsibly

Greek tragedy brought home by Elgar

The sight of this orchestra, recently laid off as a result of cuts, touched a human chord

No amount of Latin verbs can substitute for a practical education in the basics of boiler repair

I blame Reginald Prentice. At some time, somewhere, somehow during my education shouldn’t I have learned an alternative to “knowing a man who can”?

Hats off to Gucci and Chime for Change

Although Gucci could go one further for female empowerment and make sure it portrays a positive image of women in their styling and imagery

For David Cameron and the rest of us, life goes on despite the terror alerts

The Prime Minister was quite right to stick to his plans for a family holiday

Day In a Page

Special report: How my father's face turned up in Robert Capa's lost suitcase

Special report: How my father's face turned up in Robert Capa's lost suitcase

The great war photographer was not one person but two. Their pictures of Spain's civil war, lost for decades, tell a heroic tale
The unmade speech: An alternative draft of history

The unmade speech: An alternative draft of history

Someone, somewhere has to write speeches for world leaders to deliver in the event of disaster. They offer a chilling hint at what could have been
Funny business: Meet the women running comedy

Funny business: Meet the women running comedy

Think comedy’s a man's world? You must be stuck in the 1980s, says Holly Williams
Wilko Johnson: 'You have to live for the minute you're in'

Wilko Johnson: 'You have to live for the minute you're in'

The Dr Feelgood guitarist talks frankly about his terminal illness
Lure of the jingle: Entrepreneurs are giving vintage ice-cream vans a new lease of life

Lure of the jingle

Entrepreneurs are giving vintage ice-cream vans a new lease of life
Who stole the people's own culture?

DJ Taylor: Who stole the people's own culture?

True popular art drives up from the streets, but the commercial world wastes no time in cashing in
Guest List: The IoS Literary Editor suggests some books for your summer holiday

Guest List: IoS Literary Editor suggests some books for your summer holiday

Before you stuff your luggage with this year's Man Booker longlist titles, the case for some varied poolside reading alternatives
What if Edward Snowden had stayed to fight his corner?

Rupert Cornwell: What if Edward Snowden had stayed to fight his corner?

The CIA whistleblower struck a blow for us all, but his 1970s predecessor showed how to win
'A man walks into a bar': Comedian Seann Walsh on the dangers of mixing alcohol and stand-up

Comedian Seann Walsh on alcohol and stand-up

Comedy and booze go together, says Walsh. The trouble is stopping at just the one. So when do the hangovers stop being funny?
From Edinburgh to Hollywood (via the Home Counties): 10 comedic talents blowing up big

Edinburgh to Hollywood: 10 comedic talents blowing up big

Hugh Montgomery profiles the faces to watch, from the sitcom star to the surrealist
'Hello. I have cancer': When comedian Tig Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on

Comedian Tig Notaro: 'Hello. I have cancer'

When Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on
They think it's all ova: Bill Granger's Asia-influenced egg recipes

Bill Granger's Asia-influenced egg recipes

Our chef made his name cooking eggs, but he’s never stopped looking for new ways to serve them
The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

With its own Tiger Woods - South Korea's Inbee Park - the women's game has a growing audience
10 athletes ready to take the world by storm in Moscow next week

10 athletes ready to take the world by storm in Moscow next week

Here are the potential stars of the World Championships which begin on Saturday
The Last Word: Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale's art of manipulation

The Last Word: Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale's art of manipulation

Briefings are off the record leading to transfer speculation which is merely a means to an end