Karen Bartlett
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Karen Bartlett is a writer, journalist and film maker.
Karen writes for The Times, The Sunday Times,The Guardian and WIRED. In broadcast Karen has made documentaries for the BBC World Service, and directed a series on the economic meltdown.
Written with “stark sensitivity … illuminating both the frailty and strength of the human spirit,” Karen’s book 'After Auschwitz' with Anne Frank’s step-sister, Eva Schloss, is now a UK bestseller.
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Momma D: Dionne Warwick, the Grande Dame of Divas
She learnt her stagecraft from Marlene Dietrich; 50 years on, she’s mentor to Whitney Houston and P. Diddy Dionne Warwick opens up her arms in a stage bow: “I’m looking pretty good, don’t you think,” she says. The singer seems slightly surprised to be turning 70, and, with pearly white teeth a...
The Times - Arts
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Skateistan: How skateboarding took off with Afghan kids
It’s no surprise that in a world full of rules most kids want to do something with no organisation, and no adults. “This country has more restrictions than just about any other,” Oliver Percovich says, explaining how his own passion for freedom and fun led to groups of boys and girls flying acros...
The Times - World
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It’s murder on your mobile, says The Killing’s Sarah Lund
Hit crime drama The Killing is back for a second series, and Karen Bartlett talks mobile phone forensics with actress Sofie Gråbøl Detective Sarah Lund is a Luddite. The loner heroine of Denmark’s hit crime drama The Killing is as much of a 70s relic as her Faroe sweaters: She makes notes by h...
Technology
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India's Barefoot Revolution
What would it be like if women ran the world? In some parts of India, it’s already happening If all revolutions begin in unlikely locations, few could be as unpromising as Borda. It’s a poor village in the poorest district of one of the poorest states in India. Only the blasting from a nearby ...
The Times - World
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‘If they gave me a house, I’d take it tomorrow’
All I want is to die under this mountain.” Noor Ebrahim, a slightly-built former messenger for Reader’s Digest, has returned to the area where he grew up. Now retired, he likes to remember the old days; he can point out his school — “it was tough” — the mosque where his family prayed and the spot...
The Times - World
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Life and Love with 'The Greatest': Muhammad Ali
When Yolanda “Lonnie” Williams was six years old she looked out of her front door in Louisville, Kentucky, and saw an energetic young man holding court to a wide-eyed gaggle of neighbourhood boys, including her brother. “Who’s that big man?” she asked her mother, not knowing that the answer wo...
The Times - Arts
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How one man gave Congo’s women hope
Life is hell for women caught up in the conflict in the Congo. But one remarkable doctor helps survivors to build a future Why are the lives of African women worthless? It’s a question that Denis Mukwege asks every day that he works with the raped and mutilated women of the Democratic Republic...
The Times - World
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A Race Apart: the beauty queens of the apartheid era
The Miss World finalists are now at the World Cup, but the women who represented South Africa in its past have divided memories So far the game has not been beautiful for the World Cup’s “33rd official team”. They have gone largely unnoticed in South Africa’s impressive new stadiums, despite d...
The Times - World
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Maki Mandela: “As Nelson's child, I can say I am proud of him”
In the week that London marks the statesman's 90th birthday, his daughter reveals how she overcame her resentment that he was a father to the world, but not to her Nelson Mandela arrives in London today for what is likely to be his last major public appearance; a 90th birthday charity concert ...
The Times - World
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The Vagina Monologues turns ten
Eve Ensler transformed the New Orleans Superdome into ‘Superlove' for a celebrity-studded event to campaign against violence towards women Few people know that New Orleans is the vagina of America. Few would suggest it. “It is fertile. It's a delta. And everyone wants to party there,” explains...
The Times - Arts
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A Rogueish Queen
On a cold winter's morning in Washington, crowds fill the mall to witness the inauguration of a young President. The first Democrat to be elected for 16 years, he is keen to stake out what it means to be an American in the closing decade of the 20th century. The Presidential party has wound its...
The Newcastle Journal
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The No 1 Muslim Ladies' Cycling Club
Pull your brakes. Put your foot under. No, under. Set the pedal. Now release the brakes...” Most people remember learning to ride a bike. It is easier when you are 5 and not wearing a full hijab. It is also easier when small boys are not whizzing past on mini-BMXs laughing at you as their parents...
The Times - UK
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Kenyan women united in freedom and football
In a society where girls are punished for refusing sex and HIV is endemic, football has become an educational tool The Ukunda Queens collected their trophy in the dark. It had been a great afternoon of football, with 22 young women from the rural province of Kwale in Kenya slugging it out on a...
The Times - World
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On Sketches of Frank Gehry. Part One.
This film features Frank Gehry and Sydney Pollack in discussion about the architect’s work, and their film Sketches of Frank Gehry.
On Sketches of Frank Gehry. Part Two
This film features part two of the discussion between Frank Gehry and Sydney Pollack.
The Fidos. Part One
The film charts The Fido awards, and the Palm Dog, featuring a host of A-Z celebrities including Siena Miller, Sam Mendes and Halle Berry.
The Fidos. Part Two.
The film charts The Fido Awards, the Palm Dog and features a host of A-Z celebrities including Siena Miller, Sam Mendes and Halle Berry
Rethinking the market
This film, made with Pier Productions for the Open University, debates economics in the wake of the financial meltdown and features Nobel Prize winning economist Amartya Sen
Rethinking the market. Part Two.
This film debates economics in the wake of the financial meltdown, and features Amartya Sen. Part Two.
Changing language in Cape Town's District Six
This film explores the changing language and use of English in Cape Town’s District Six
Recent Posts
Welcome
Welcome to my website. I hope these pages give you a flavour of some of my work in print, online rad…
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Istanbul Arrival
Last week I was in Istanbul attending a Youth Forum for teenagers from around the world. But not eve…
China Debates....
I’ve just returned from China, after a gap of about 16 years, and I met these undergraduates – comin…
Top Ten Articles
Skateistan: How skateboarding took off with Afghan kids
It’s no surprise that in a world full of rules most kids want to do something with no organisation…
Life and Love with 'The Greatest': Muhammad Ali
When Yolanda “Lonnie” Williams was six years old she looked out of her front door in Louisville,…
Momma D: Dionne Warwick, the Grande Dame of Divas
She learnt her stagecraft from Marlene Dietrich; 50 years on, she’s mentor to Whitney Houston and …
India's Barefoot Revolution
What would it be like if women ran the world? In some parts of India, it’s already happening
If…
How one man gave Congo’s women hope
*Life is hell for women caught up in the conflict in the Congo. But one remarkable doctor helps surv…
‘If they gave me a house, I’d take it tomorrow’
All I want is to die under this mountain.” Noor Ebrahim, a slightly-built former messenger for Rea…
It’s murder on your mobile, says The Killing’s Sarah Lund
Hit crime drama The Killing is back for a second series, and Karen Bartlett talks mobile phone foren…
A Race Apart: the beauty queens of the apartheid era
The Miss World finalists are now at the World Cup, but the women who represented South Africa in its…
Maki Mandela: “As Nelson's child, I can say I am proud of him”
*In the week that London marks the statesman’s 90th birthday, his daughter reveals how she overcame …
The Vagina Monologues turns ten
*Eve Ensler transformed the New Orleans Superdome into ‘Superlove’ for a celebrity-studded event t…
