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Róisín Lanigan

Róisín Lanigan is an editor and writer based in London and Belfast.

Photo of Róisín Lanigan

Róisín Lanigan

Róisín Lanigan is an editor and writer based in London and Belfast.

  • Róisín Lanigan
    The girlboss was a fallacy and so is the trad wife

    The aspirational millennial career woman is now outre. But its replacement is no better

    Fri, 17 Apr 2026

  • Róisín Lanigan
    London is on its way to becoming Little America

    With the capital awash with New York pizza, and nonsense-speak permeating the House of Commons, it’s time the ‘special relationship’ came to an end

    Sat, 11 Apr 2026

  • Róisín Lanigan
    The manosphere fakes can’t bear much reality

    Louis Theroux’s documentary is proof that even the most infamous incels are hopelessly awkward when they’re offline

    Fri, 27 Mar 2026

  • Róisín Lanigan
    Nothing’s more stressful than this cortisol craze

    The wellness industry’s latest fad preaches complete control over your stress hormone. I can’t keep calm about it

    Fri, 13 Mar 2026

  • Róisín Lanigan
    Trying to look young is even scarier than ageing

    An extreme facelift in Guadalajara is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the quest for eternal youth

    Fri, 12 Sept 2025

  • Róisín Lanigan
    Taylor Swift: is she really all that?

    I get that Taylor Swift’s fame is stratospheric but isn’t the reaction to her engagement a bit much?

    Thu, 4 Sept 2025

  • Róisín Lanigan
    Watch out, England – you’re being Ulsterised

    Flag-waving, patriotic spray-painting and men shimmying up lamp-posts. Why do I feel like I’ve been here before?

    Fri, 29 Aug 2025

  • Róisín Lanigan
    My social circle is now you, me and ChatGPT

    My friends are using AI to plan their barbecues, holidays and more – and ‘robophobes’ like me could be left behind

    Fri, 22 Aug 2025

  • Róisín Lanigan
    Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop think

    Amy Odell’s book about Paltrow’s life, movie stardom and wellness empire is hard to put down – unlike its subject

    Fri, 15 Aug 2025

  • Róisín Lanigan
    It’s our fault that Oasis are now the status quo

    Liam Gallagher took a pop at the establishment in Edinburgh – but isn’t his band part of it?

    Fri, 15 Aug 2025

  • Róisín Lanigan
    More ‘adultescents’ at the polls gets my vote

    There’s no reason to be scared of letting 16 and 17-year-olds participate in elections. They already choose my socks

    Fri, 1 Aug 2025

  • Róisín Lanigan
    ‘Heathcliff, it’s me, I’m Cathy…’

    Out on the wily, windy Kent seafront, a red sea of Kate Bushes gather to celebrate the annual Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever

    Thu, 24 Jul 2025

  • Róisín Lanigan
    ‘Cool Eire’ puts the sham in shamrock

    All of a sudden, it’s cool to be Irish – but only if you talk about Ireland in a certain way

    Fri, 18 Jul 2025

  • Róisín Lanigan
    From blue-veined boobs to post-Ozempic pilates

    One thing we’ve learned from centuries of impossibly high beauty standards is that there’s always another expectation around the corner

    Fri, 11 Jul 2025

  • Róisín Lanigan
    The hot commies are coming to save summer

    Swap your bikini for a budenovka – collectivism is sexy again. And it’s all thanks to Zohran Mamdani

    Thu, 3 Jul 2025

  • Róisín Lanigan
    Why everyone is hot and no one is horny

    We are all ‘body positive’, but somehow our focus on looking and feeling good has coincided with a new war on shagging

    Fri, 20 Jun 2025

  • Róisín Lanigan
    The Ballymena riots are not about protecting women

    I grew up with violence in Northern Ireland. Let’s call out the real cause of this week’s disorder – racism

    Fri, 13 Jun 2025

  • Róisín Lanigan
    Reading this? That’s a recession indicator

    Fri, 13 Jun 2025

  • Róisín Lanigan
    Róisín Lanigan: the scrambled thinking behind ovulation mania

    It’s more serious than memes and celebrity puff profiles in glossy magazines

    Sat, 24 May 2025

  • Róisín Lanigan
    Róisín Lanigan, the crap flat expert

    Fri, 25 Apr 2025

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