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
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation
The sacred and the profane
Allowing a “Rave in the Nave” in Canterbury Cathedral was a regrettable error of judgement
With their pants down
The Conservatives are in a nightmare they cannot wake up from
The truth about sex
No amount of clever-clever language games can obscure basic biological facts
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
Love in a remotely-controlled climate
If we outsource our decisions to
machines, we will be less capable
of navigating our own feelings
The cost of dissent
Brave women have sacrificed a lot to stand up for their gender critical beliefs
A decade of economic disaster
Only one verdict is possible: Conservative rule has been a comprehensive failure
Correcting Cass’s critics
Attempts to intellectually discredit the Cass Review have completely failed