Christina Patterson
Christina Patterson is a writer and columnist at The Independent. A former director of the Poetry Society, and literary programmer at the Southbank Centre, she writes on culture, society, politics, books, travel and the arts.
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Christina Patterson: What we can learn from (calm) Swedes
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
They give us Wallander and shocking, but fictional, deaths in Swedish towns. We give them the real thing
Christina Patterson: An ex-prime minister who might just have found his true calling
Saturday, 11 December 2010
The Saturday Column
Christina Patterson: Lessons from a Russian blonde
Wednesday, 8 December 2010
In Russia, little words in ears keep most things rolling merrily along. But it works pretty well here, too.
Christina Patterson: That's quite enough of a man who messes with your head
Saturday, 4 December 2010
The Saturday Column
I always thought football was boring. Now I know it's rotten
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
Christina Patterson: Football, it turns out, is run by ugly old men who look very like the villains in James Bond.
Christina Patterson: What teenagers can learn from a few hours of standing still
Saturday, 27 November 2010
The Saturday Column
Christina Patterson: Here's my prescription for the NHS
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
What patients need is nurses who do their job, doctors who do their job and people to train these people to do these jobs well
Christina Patterson: Politicians on reality TV are a good reason to get out your gun
Saturday, 20 November 2010
The Saturday Column
Christina Patterson: Just what is the Army for, exactly?
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
We know we can fight wars to protect sheep farmers on islands 8,000 miles away, though it's not clear why we'd want to
Christina Patterson: How has the designer handbag become the symbol of Britain?
Saturday, 13 November 2010
The Saturday Column
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