About W Stephen Gilbert
Across four decades, W Stephen Gilbert has been variously a writer of books, plays, magazine and newspaper reviews, articles and reportage on both sides of the Atlantic; a producer of drama and documentary for the BBC, C4 and ITV; a reader of scripts for the stage and screen; and an inveterate sender of letters to The Guardian. He has served on numerous industry committees, boards and juries, pitched projects in Hollywood and for several years posted blog pieces and book-length work on the internet. But like the Sondheim character, he never does anything twice.
Articles Written
Don’t Quota Me
by W Stephen Gilbert
Mon 20th Feb 2012Is there a single reputable argument in favour of positive discrimination? The fact that so many of our institutions are unrepresentative of the make-up of society is of course deplorable, but manipulating recruitment in order to create an artificial balance is no way to put this right, writes W Stephen Gilbert.... [read more]
Lies, Damned Lies and Opinion Polls
by W Stephen Gilbert
Mon 30th Jan 2012Stephen Gilbert challenges the so called 'accuracy' of ICM opinion polls and shows how Labour continues to miss classic opportunities to rebut Conservative policy. ... [read more]
A Ghost Story Retailed (part three)
by W Stephen Gilbert
Mon 16th Jan 2012W Stephen Gilbert delivers an up-to-date, state and fate of the retail trade in Britain, it is partly personal and anecdotal, and partly a critical overview: part three.... [read more]
A Ghost Story Retailed (part two)
by W Stephen Gilbert
Thu 5th Jan 2012W Stephen Gilbert delivers an up-to-date, state and fate of the retail trade in Britain, it is partly warmingly, personal and anecdotal, and partly a critical overview: part two...... [read more]
A Ghost Story Retailed
by W Stephen Gilbert
Sat 31st Dec 2011W Stephen Gilbert delivers an up-to-date, state and fate of the retail trade in Britain, it is partly warmingly, personal and anecdotal, and partly a critical overview: part one... [read more]
Once in Unreal David's (Big) Society
by W Stephen Gilbert
Fri 23rd Dec 2011Stephen Gilbert asks whether Britain is a Christian country and whether Cameron's coalition government lives up to the Christian values he professes... [read more]
Poor's show
by W Stephen Gilbert
Sun 11th Dec 2011Ever since the decline of European Socialism in the 1980s and the collapse of the Soviet Union in the ’90s, capitalism has considered itself king of the world and has behaved accordingly, says W Stephen Gilbert.... [read more]
Transcendental argument
by W Stephen Gilbert
Sat 3rd Dec 2011Through a mist of tears, I caught up with the conclusion of 'My Transsexual Summer', Channel 4’s four-part fly-on-the-wall series, says W Stephen Gilbert.... [read more]
Obit: Never a Soft or quiet Russell
by W Stephen Gilbert
Wed 30th Nov 2011W Stephen Gilbert pays tribute to Ken Russell, the enigmatic, eccentric film director who died on Sunday. ... [read more]
Boom at the top
by W Stephen Gilbert
Tue 29th Nov 2011At a time when the poorest are being hit hardest, W Stephen Gilbert comments on the obsence bonuses enjoyed by those at the top echelons of the financial sector and puts paid to the reasons most commonly used to justify such unfair practice.... [read more]
Wearing Your Heart on Your Lapel
by W Stephen Gilbert
Fri 11th Nov 2011W Stephen Gilbert reflects on the politics of poppy wearing, its dissociation in popular society from what it actually represents and its hijacking by politicians. ... [read more]
The Incontinent of Europe
by W Stephen Gilbert
Wed 9th Nov 2011W Stephen Gilbert analyses recent events in Europe and makes the case for Britain to remain part of the EU... [read more]