Tom Cain (author)

For the first few years of his life, Thomas lived in Moscow and has also lived in Washington, D.C. and Havana, Cuba. Cain spent 25 years as a journalist,[4] working for publications such as The Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday.[2] He was mocked in Private Eye for his frequent contribution to these newspapers, being satirised as "Daily Thomas of the David Mail". In 1989, he became the youngest ever editor of Punch magazine, a role he stayed in for three years.[5][6]

In 2019, Thomas began writing a column in the Daily Telegraph - A New Woman - about transitioning to become a woman, Diana Thomas.[7] Julie Bindel, the feminist activist and writer, has criticised the column, pointing out that Thomas was previously a men's rights activist.[8] Bindel described Thomas's 1992 book Not Guilty: The Case in Defence of Men, as "a rant about how feminists have the brass neck to blame men for the terrible things they do to women, rather than themselves."[8] Bindel concludes of Thomas's views on women: "While feminists fight for the right for women to break free of oppressive sex stereotypes, the likes of Thomas claim them for himself."[8] The column ended on 19th December 2020, with Thomas bidding an emotional farewell to her readers as she reflected on her harrowing transgender journey. [9]

As Diana Thomas, she has written in her defence that transitioning could be considered analogous to immigration: ‘If someone born in India comes to Britain legally, passes the citizenship test and gets a UK passport, who dares say, “You’re not British”? Only a racist. Well, as far as the law goes, when I get a Gender Recognition Certificate, I’ll be a woman, just as that immigrant is British and denying that fact would be no better than racial prejudice.'[10]

His writing influences include Lee Child, Ian Fleming, and George Macdonald Fraser.[11]

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