Anne Atkins is an Anglican and is a regular contributor to the radio feature “Thought for the Day” on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme. She was the Daily Telegraph’s first agony aunt (1996–2000), and has also writen for the Guardian, the Mail on Sunday, the Daily Mail, the Evening Standard, Country Life, and the Express, in which she has a weekly column about raising children.  She presented The Agony Hour series for Channel 5; Watch Your ****ing Language for Channel 4; Why People Hate Christians for BBC Radio 4; and frequently comments on programmes such as Question Time, Any Questions? and the Today programme.

She is the author of a number of books, including The Lost Child and the forthcoming The Other Side of the Moon.