Monica Ali on feminism in the 2000s: ‘I hadn’t truly considered the impact of children’
The Brick Lane novelist’s student dreams of imminent gender equality had drowned in a sea of nappies, but then she re-engaged with feminism’s new individualism
April 2011
Untold Story by Monica Ali - review
Joanna Briscoe is bewildered by Monica Ali's reinvention of the Princess of Wales
January 2011
Diana - the next chapter
Alexander Chancellor
Alexander Chancellor: Author Monica Ali is not alone in imagining the twists and turns Princess Diana's life may have taken had she lived
October 2007
Brick Lane's many narratives
Letters: As a mixed-race novelist ... I would like to say to your leader writer (The trouble with Brick Lane, October 27) that I reserve the right to imagine anyone and anything I damn well please.
The trouble with Brick Lane
Leader: A film or a book that sets out to be a contemporary record of a particular community living in a well-known area cannot ignore them.
The outrage economy
There were threats of demonstrations, book burnings and even violence among some members of the Bangladeshi community. But was the controversy surrounding the filming of Brick Lane as heated as the media suggested? Not at all, writes author Monica Ali.
September 2007
Brick Lane royal gala cancelled amid protest fears
Brick Lane, the film adaptation of the Monica Ali bestseller, has been pulled as this year's Royal Film Performance, with reports suggesting organisers feared ongoing protests about the film might embarrass Prince Charles.
August 2006
The PR money can't buy
Emdad Rahman
The book burners do not speak for all of Brick Lane
Natasha Walter
July 2006
Novelists hit back at Brick Lane protesters
End the Brick Lane brouhaha
Sunny Hundal
Brickbats fly over Brick Lane
In a sense, if you come under fire from those conservative people, you must be doing something right
Maev Kennedy
We want to be sensible, not censors
Ajmal Masroor
The battle for Brick Lane
Jonathan Heawood
Brick Lane protests force film company to beat retreat
Reality bites
Germaine Greer
Not all Bangladeshis oppose the filming of Brick Lane
'Insulted' residents and traders threaten to halt filming of bestselling novel Brick Lane
