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
Apocalypse soon?
Civilisations always rise and fall — ours is no exception
Who should run the RSC next?
Someone has to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Death of a sporting hero
Lester Piggott was the greatest jockey — bar none
I miss the Simon Ravens
Twinkly-eyed twentieth century mischief makers have crashed out of fashion
The comeback Pig
A country pub where the cooking extracts the maximum amount of flavour
Sex denialism helps nobody
Who is responsible for the backlash against women’s and LGBT rights?
Will Sinn Fein paint the town green?
The nationalist party may triumph in the Stormont elections, but it could prove a hollow victory
What drove the colonisation of the Caribbean?
Professor Jeremy Black discusses Caribbean society pre-Columbus
Why I fear this censors’ charter
Nadine Dorries’s chilling Online Safety Bill invites professional activists to wipe anything they deem wrongthink from the internet