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
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
How Britain has imported Bangladeshi politics
A failure to take immigration and integration seriously means that Britain has to deal with other nation’s problems
Embrace your inner exile
How can we appreciate art in alienating times?
The Sturgeon delusion
How the former SNP leader inspired hope and then squandered it
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
A nuclear nothing?
Is Russia’s new nuclear doctrine hot air, or an explosive new factor in world affairs?
White male conservatives for identity politics
Kemi Badenoch’s supporters should have fewer illusions
Marianna in the trenches
She wants to dive into the murky depths of social media, but her microphone can only scratch the surface
Donald Trump and the age of sovereign internationalism
We are entering a new age of great power competition
The perversity of the Oasis reunion
The cultural optimism of the nineties has been lost