Claire Cohen
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📇Author. Journalist. Speaker. 📮Newsletter ‘Tell Me About It’ on Substack 📚Book: BFF? The Truth about Female Friendship 📻 Podcaster. Out of the office
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Joined March 2011
Bit of news from me - I’m launching a Substack. Ever since leaving my office job last year this is something I've wanted to do - a newsletter and community one on platform - the dream. But it's scary, I’m not going to lie, especially on top of being a freelance writer. 1/4
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Dear everyone who thinks there's no such thing as casual violence against women. .
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I often think of Helen McCrory's wonderful Desert Island Discs, in which she revealed that if she and Damian Lewis were ever separated at a party, one of them would ask the DJ to play Pull Up To The Bumper - a signal to find each other again.
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Did the PM tell Gavin Williamson 'it's my way or the Huawei?'.
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I mean, the #Lionesses make me, a 35-year-old woman, want to take up football. Imagine if you’re a young girl who can actually run further than 500m without wheezing.
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Do we need to start a Prince Harry book club, so we can all read this at the same time and then the CHAT, omg the chat.
We are excited to announce the remarkably personal and emotionally powerful story of Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex. SPARE, the highly anticipated #PrinceHarryMemoir, will be published on January 10, 2023. Learn more at
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For those asking, he had not (at my last look) apologised but carried on insisting she read up on the subject of her book. Tool.
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Wrote something angry about that Newsweek Taylor Swift drivel for @EveningStandard #TaylorSwift .
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Thanks to everyone who shared and liked my rebuttal to the Newsweek #TaylorSwift takedown (particularly the person who said I ‘ate and left no crumbs’ which is my new motto). And to @EveningStandard for the commission .
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This is the sort of extraordinary selfless heroism that happened in my city today. Find Narwhal man and give him a medal.
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Bit of professional news ⭐️ I’m now Features Editor - as well as Women’s Editor - at the Telegraph and will also be writing freelance for some of the week. On that note, delighted to make my debut in today’s @ESInsider
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Just off to investigate myself, brb. (Spoiler: I am in the clear).
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Read more on this story plus other badass women in my (free) newsletter out tonight. Sign up here 👉
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Correction: Alas this exchange was photoshopped. the initial exchange did exist (which I checked before posting) but I didn't examine the replies, my bad. The picture of @SiobhanFenton wasn't posted by her in reply. Apologies and here's how it actually looks.
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Proud to publish this piece by @RitaOra on her Kosovan heritage and how she is helping the women still living there in the wake of war. @WomenforWomen
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This is the problem right here.
Dad who attacked woman walking home at night avoids jail 'as he would lose job'
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There are now 207 women MPs in Parliament - a new record 👊🏻 And exactly 104 years after Emily Davison died for women's right to vote #GE2017.
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‘I was betrayed and bullied for saying that women should not be silenced’ @suzanne_moore in @Telegraph today
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You misspelt ‘abusive man kills wife’.
Man consumed with anger over wife's affair 'killed her in frenzy at home'. a court heard she was found with 75 stab wounds
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Bit of news. after 11 years and approx 18,345,900 cups of tea, I've decided to move on from the Telegraph to write freelance. I'm incredibly proud of the campaigning work we did for women and will miss my talented colleagues, but time for something fresh. Open for commissions!.
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@faceyouhate ". A truth universally acknowledged that a single moist man in possession of a rock-hard good fortune, must be in want of a wife in a shady ski resort" - Pride and Prejudice by Jane 2 Austen.
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Heartened to have had so many supportive emails in response to my newsletter on #jodiecomer and cancel culture. Giving you a sneak peek here. It's called The 51 Per Cent, it's FREE and it can be in your inbox every Thursday if you sign up
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Someone ought to tell Dominic Cummings that it’s not because of media reports that people are angry but his own actions.
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#Fleabag the most perfect love story between sisters. That Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s sister wrote the theme music and Claire was played by her best friend, who she has called a sister, makes it all the more poetic
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Spent the week talking to serving women police officers and it was pretty powerful to hear all this in their own words - the misogyny they face daily, but also their sadness at what is happening to the job they love. My piece in @Telegraph today.
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I exclusively accompanied the Duchess of Cornwall on a visit to a women’s refuge this week - she spoke openly about controlling relationships and the joy of hugging her family @Telegraph
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‘This is the proudest I’ve felt of any England side’ says @IanWright0 as the #Lionessess lead the 10 o’clock news. Remarkable stuff - a defining moment.
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I can’t believe Serial was in 2014 - anyone who listened and has followed the story of #AdnanSyed since will know the name Rabia Chaudry. My interview with her on her 23 years of rage and Adnan’s first days of freedom in today’s @thetimes @rabiasquared.
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Um no, she didn’t die because she was wearing heels. She died because she was murdered by terrorists.
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This week more than 230 MPs wrote to Boris Johnson asking that he help @FreeNazanin - here, @TulipSiddiq explains why it's so urgent and her recent awful treatment
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The queue cannot be closed. The queue is a lifeform now. We need Attenborough to narrate the queue. Queue Planet.
Ladies and gentlemen, I bring you, the queue for The Queue
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So Rod Liddle says he had to wait 5 hours to hear a man on @BBCRadio4 - WELCOME TO HOW WOMEN HAVE FELT FOREVER ROD. His assertion that interviewees are 'selected simply because they are in possession of a vagina' odious. Not clever counterintuitive journalism, just sexist drivel
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23 years for Harvey Weinstein (out of a max 29). A truly watershed moment in holding powerful men to account.
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Are London's taps about to run dry? My investigation into the Thames Water situation for @EveningStandard - thanks to @Feargal_Sharkey @LDNWaterkeeper .
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Ffs when will we stop victim-blaming and putting the onus on women to change their behaviour.
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Last time the men’s team won a major tournament, women weren’t allowed to play professional football. 56 years on… at Wembley… against Germany. Imagine #Lionesses.
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We do ALL this anyway. We carry our keys in our hands and change our routes home. We try to do what we can to reduce any risk of being attacked. But we are not the problem here.
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The thing that gets me is Andrew’s repeated claim that he had to end the friendship as it wasn’t a good idea as a royal. Not because as a supposed member of the human race and father of two girls it revolted him to be pals with a paedophile.
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A database for violent men and harassers is the least we should be doing to protect women in this country. I'm fed up of the lack of joined-up thinking on this. .
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Wearing headphones is a device for so many women. It says 'don't approach me' - as well as 'I might be on an important Google hangout'. Don't take that from us.
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My husband has gone to the pub to meet his mate to watch the #Lionesses and I feel a bit teary and proud about it.
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Had a little blast at all those desperate to tear down @EmmaRaducanu - and why crying in sport is a double standard (not a double fault. ) for @ESInsider - thanks to @SuzannahRam for the commish .
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Perhaps this is part of the reason it takes on average 7.5 years for women to be diagnosed? (Took me 20). All male panel for a disease that only affects women. Infuriating. @GinsburgWHB.
Putting together the scientific program for this exciting #endometriosis masterclass. We have an exceptional international faculty and places are limited to 15 delegates (9 left now). register here:
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This is pure Handmaid’s Tale territory - a terrified woman being punished while jeering men look on. Unveliveable in 2019
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Wake up: @AlexScott isn’t at the #FIFAWorldCup in support of the Qatari regime - she’s there in spite of it. Wrote about this remarkable woman who’s busy doing her job while others call her a hypocrite @ESInsider - thanks to @SuzannahRam for the commission
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It's that time of year when the world thinks Telegraph journalists have their own offices, can take two weeks off over Christmas, and all live in quaint Surrey cottages #TheHoliday
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Looking forward to hearing from former #PizzaExpressWoking employees. Yes it was years ago, but I served @frankbrunoboxer a lobster cocktail in 2001 and you don’t forget moments like that.
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I've been DESPERATE to share this with you! My new book #BFF has the best cover - and YES that will be gold foil. I cannot wait for it to be out in the world and to start busting friendship myths. Available to pre-order now @TransworldBooks @PenguinUKBooks
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@MarinaOLoughlin We are both saying 'But I've already washed the chopping board twice today' crossly, every day.
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Bye Claire. Bye Klare. Bye Claire 😫.
There will not be another #Fleabag 😭.@SiansUniverse tells #BBCBreakfast the end is 'poetry' ⬇️. @BBCThree @BBCOne @fleabag #FridayFeeling
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Flipping heck, thrilled to finally be able to share that I’m writing my first book! It’s all about female friendship - not the catfighting or perfect #girlsquad stuff we're bombarded with - but what really goes on between women. The good, bad, hilarious and heartbreaking too
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This is so sad. Without Newsround, I wouldn't remember the fall of the Berlin wall, the famine in Somalia and so much more. It gave me a sense of the world and the importance of news as a child.
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Went to sleep shocked and sad about #SarahEverard - woke up angry. Why is it that every single time I get home after dark I check no one has followed me down the path before putting my own key in my own door? Yes what happened to her is ‘rare’ but violence against women is not.
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Never thought Boris Johnson would be the ultimate remainer.
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You don’t say.
Covid, sexism, and sexual assault: The men who ignore and reject covid-19 safety regulations also are more likely than other men to perpetrate sexual harassment, accept rape myths, and have hostile sexist attitudes. New US study among undergraduates, here:
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I like Joanna Lumley but this such horse shit. Women didn't 'used' to be stronger, they were forced to stay silent about anything that happened to them. There is huge strength in calling out bad behaviour and thank goodness we can do that more in 2022 .
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@EvaWiseman You’ll get toxic shock syndrome if you leave a tampon in for a minute too long ✅.My husband’s all time favourite: that Adam Ricketts maintained his six-pack solely by running for the bus once in a while ✅.
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Did not see this twist coming.
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Just a cheery reminder that the total bonus prize pot for #Lionesses is £1.3m. If England’s men had won last year’s Euros it would have been £5m.
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Can't stop thinking about the Afghan woman on the radio this morning who saidthat the Taliban are going to the houses of female activists and painting pink marks on their front doors, so they know to come back and deal with them. just terrifying. @BBCWomansHour.
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Had a little wobble seeing this on tube platform. Almost exactly 2 years since @CCriadoPerez asked if I'd publish her amazing open letter. Tomorrow we see the results in the flesh (well, the bronze). #parliamentsquare #behindeverygreatcity
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"Always stick to well-lit streets. let someone know when you are coming home and the route you are taking and always be alert in your surroundings, so don't use earphones or handheld devices".
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FLIPPING HECK GUYS 👀.
A huge congratulations to Claire Cohen, Telegraph Women, for winning Editor of the Year - Men’s & Women’s Weekly/More Frequent
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I keep imagining see this as a young girl and not knowing any different - incredible legacy the #Lionesses are leaving here.
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Would Matt Hancock have told a male MP to 'watch his tone' like he did Dr Rosena? I don't think so. My take here (free if you register) @DrRosena @Telegraph.
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As well as listening to her wit, wobbles and wisdom on the new Imposters podcast (link in bio and previous tweet) - you can also read my exclusive print interview with @priyankachopra in today’s @Telegraph 🎉
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Women: .Flag down a bus.Call 999.Know your legal rights.Wear bright clothing.Don't use headphones.Take brightly lit streets. Men:.
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So proud to launch @Telegraph #WomenMeanBusiness campaign, calling on the Government to close the funding gap for female entrepreneurs in Britain. 200 signed our open letter including @maryportas @alexa_chung @junesarpong @karren_brady
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Sorry, you misspelled: Many men are 'worried', 'ashamed' of being out-earned by their girlfriends and wives
Millennial women are 'worried,' 'ashamed' of out-earning boyfriends and husbands
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Alexa show me normalised abuse.
Amazing pre-fight ritual of German judo competitor Martyna Trajdos and her coach #OlympicGames #Tokyo2020
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At last, ladies, we can stop 'treating' ourselves to period products and have them seen as a necessity 🩸.
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SO excited to tell you all that my next guest on Imposters is @priyankachopra - an amazing woman who has had to fight self doubt and Hollywood to get to where she is. I found our conversation surprising and inspiring -listen below (and please rate 5* if you can 😍).
🌟Actress, producer, singer, model, philanthropist, author – at the age of 38, @priyankachopra's CV the likes of which most of us can only dream. 🎙️She joins @clairecohen on the Imposters podcast discussing self-doubt and starting over. Listen here:
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Period products are now FREE for schools in England. 🩸🩸🩸 The wonderful @AmikaGeorge - who campaigned to make it happen - wrote all about it for @TeleWonderWomen @Telegraph #endperiodpoverty
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Already getting a bit fed up of portrayals of Meghan as an arch manipulator and bringer of all plagues on the royal family. Such a tired sexist trope. As if he can't make his own decisions.
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@nytimes I was 'aving me shoes shined when I feels a commotion in the back pocket of me breeches. Little fella he was, goes by the name of the Artful Dodger. Got clean away with me purse.
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What happened to #SarahEverad might be ‘rare’ - but the fear women live with every single day isn’t @Telegraph
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Totally on board with this. Pret a porter?.
Ok last Pret tweet from me. I think Pret (or any entrepreneurial soul) should buy a fleet of vans, drive around residential areas playing a catchy tune like ice cream vans, so we can run out to buy nice coffees & almond croissants. Who's with me? And what should the tune be??
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PR email received at 11.29pm: 'Experts warn that the pressure to be 'always on' is causing insomnia, migraines and digital eye strain'. You don't say. 🤦♀️.
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