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This article was first published in the April 2017 issue of Standpoint.  The irony wasn’t lost on any of the 12 high-powered women who had gathered in the House of Lords at 2.30 pm on March 22. The Afghan Women’s Support Forum was holding one of its quarterly meetings to discuss keeping the issue of Afghan…
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As part of Jewish Book Week, Heidi will speak at an event on Tuesday February 28th, hosted by Liverpool Revive at the Lee Park Golf Club. Heidi will be in conversation with Frank Ledwidge, barrister and author of Losing Small Wars and Investment in Blood. This event will commence at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £15.00, including…
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Heidi will be appearing at Jewish Book Week 2017. She will be in conversation with Linda Kelsey at JW3 on Wednesday March 1st at 1.00pm, discussing ‘Exceptional Women’. Heidi Kingstone is a Canadian-born foreign correspondent, who writes for Britain’s leading publications. She has interviewed many key international figures, from Benjamin Netanyahu to Princess Anne, Zaha…
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By Heidi Kingstone Do you find yourself, like me, longing for the days of the Soviet Union and dreaming that sometime in the not too distant future the Iron Curtain will once again descend?  While communism holds no special appeal for me, the women so beloved of the eastern bloc do. Walking around the old…
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This article was first published in the September 2016 issue of Standpoint. Walking around the old Soviet factory in Narva, Estonia, recently, yards from the border with Russia, I saw her. Stuck on a pillar, Olga gazed out from an old propaganda poster. Grey and grainy, she typified hearty, hefty Soviet womanhood. She was built…
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