Melanie Newman
Melanie Newman is a freelance journalist who trained as a lawyer. She writes on legal, health and other issues for a range of publications. She tweets at @Melanie_Newman
The parent trap
Are social workers targeting mothers who serve frozen meals?
The trans rights that trump all
Julie Bindel and Melanie Newman say women’s rights were not considered in legislation that allows trans people to effectively decide their own gender
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Why Trump triumphed
The Democrats had too many self-inflicted disadvantages to overcome
Justin Welby should resign
If sin means anything, how can the Church of England hierarchy be maintained?
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
Religion without mercy
Progressivism has all the zeal of Christianity, but none of its emphasis on forgiveness
How to end the free speech crisis
The right must plan to demolish the four pillars of Britain’s stifling anti-speech laws
Twitter monetisation was a mistake
It has diminished rather than enhanced creativity
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
Join the escalation?
That world war may not erupt imminently is no excuse for being complacent