Ella Whelan
co-convenor, Battle of Ideas festival; journalist; author, What Women Want

Ella Whelan is the co-convenor of the 2024 Battle of Ideas festival. She is a journalist and author of What Women Want: Fun, Freedom and an End to Feminism. Ella is also the author of The Case for Women’s Freedom, a Letter on Liberty published by the Academy of Ideas.

Ella is a columnist for spiked and a regular writer for the Telegraph. She regularly appears on TV and radio, including Question Time, Today, Moral Maze, Times Radio, Sky News, GMB, GB News, Any Questions, Politics Live, Channel 4 and others. She has written for The Critic, New Statesman, Sunday Times, The Economist, the Irish Times, the Sun, Conscience, Spectator, City AM, IBT, Grazia, Standpoint and others.

Follow Ella on X: @ella_m_whelan

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