UNBELIEVABLE: Martha gill - Caught on Camera

As Farage sacks an acolyte for his ‘shameful’ words, how far is too far for the high priest of toxic politics?

The Reform leader cynically pushes the boundaries of how far he can go without alienating too many of the voters he needs – but it’s a perilous calibration, says politics and culture writer Martha Gill

The Guardian - UK · Apr 7

It’s time to consign these giant SUVs to the rubbish heap of history

The vehicles are not only too big and dangerous, they create a disproportionate amount of pollution that ends up in the ocean

The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2025

Mental health patients deserve better therapy safeguards

A lack of regulation is having harmful consequences

The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2025

Jonah Hill and the rise of therapy speak

The language of therapy has entered our everyday lexicon – but does it harm more than it helps when used outside a therapist’s office? 

The Week · Jul 17, 2023

Awareness of mental health is not enough

By reducing ‘mental health’ to an umbrella term, we often neglect those with severe problems such as psychosis and schizophrenia

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2023

Teachers rally in London amid biggest day of strikes in a decade

I had every intention of writing about today’s teachers’ strikes and the connection between low pay, low teacher retention and poor educational outcomes. But I concluded there was little point in attempting to produce a facsimile of Martha Gill’s excellent comment piece in today’s paper.

Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2023

Letters: manufacturing is key to our future

The UK service sector is important, but we ignore our expertise in industries such as aerospace and pharmaceuticals at our peril

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2022

Who should succeed Boris Johnson as Tory leader? Our panel’s verdict

With six candidates still standing, our panellists discuss who would make the best – or least worst – prime minister

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2022

Like a frenzied gameshow contestant, Boris Johnson leaps over every obstacle

Covered in goo, jumping desperately between rotating rollers, the prime minister refuses to gather his dignity and leave, says political journalist Martha Gill

The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2022