All articles written by Baroness Thornton on PoliticsHome.com

19 May Books & culture

A "fresh and furious" play: Baroness Thornton reviews '1536'

Examining the ripple effect of the trial and execution of Anne Boleyn on the lives of everyday Tudor women, Ava Pickett's play draws powerful parallels with modern day misogyny

08 Jul 2025 Education

Let’s end the rigging of public service procurement and repair children’s care provision

You’ll know that ‘greenwashing’ means hyperbolic or fraudulent claims that products are sustainable or help to reduce emissions. But have you heard of ‘social washing’? Many public service commissioners in local authorities, the NHS and other organisations will recognise its meaning.

22 Jan 2024 Books & culture

Foreshadowing #metoo: Baroness Thornton reviews Sofia Coppola's 'Priscilla'

Visually beautiful and inescapably sad, this story of how a young girl was groomed and abused by a powerful older man does not let Elvis off the hook

20 Mar 2020 Coronavirus

Lords Diary: Baroness Thornton

09 Jan 2020 Health

Boris Johnson’s spending commitments are not enough to clear the NHS maintenance backlog

The scale of repair, maintenance and renewal in the NHS is huge, failure to keep buildings safe poses significant risk to NHS patients and staff, writes Baroness Thornton.

21 Nov 2018 Home affairs

We need more money to tackle violence against women and girls

The government’s Violence against Women and Girls strategy recognises the scale of the problem but is not backed with sufficient funding, writes Baroness Thornton