Melanie McDonagh
Melanie McDonagh writes for the Evening Standard and has contributed to the Guardian and The Spectator, among others.
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It's not right until there's a Mr Right
19 May 2013 12:00 AM
Pope Benedict XVI didn’t fail as the spiritual leader of the church, he just wasn’t up to running it
11 February 2013 05:22 PM
The modern world, not just the church, will be poorer for the absence of a thoughtful intellectual in public life
Melanie McDonagh: All hail Alice and her 150 years of quiet scepticism
01 July 2012 12:00 AM
To amuse the Liddell sisters, Lewis Carroll created an enduring host of pompous eccentrics – and one defiant little girl who is not take in
Where have all the book illustrators gone?
20 January 2012 12:00 AM
Charles Dickens enjoyed close collaborative relationships with the illustrators of his novels, but now it's rare to find a picture outside the world of children's books. Is drawing a lost art, or could we be on the brink of a new golden age?
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Man and woman arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder victim of Woolwich machete attack, named as Drummer Lee Rigby
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'Sickening, deluded and unforgivable': Horrific attack brings terror to London’s streets
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Grace Dent: I’m not sure how these people can avoid being called ‘bigots’. And the more ‘civilised’, the worse they are
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Woolwich murder: They killed, then they performed - these men should be starved of our attention
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Woolwich attack: The EDL will seek to exploit this evil crime for their own evil ends
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The man who's eaten everywhere
A Berliner in 1963 – but did John F Kennedy once admire Adolf Hitler?
Banned Iranian director to attend Cannes Film Festival
Seeing the larger picture: Inspiring images of space
Eat Spam and carry on
Facial hair
The 10 Best salt and pepper sets
Thomas Müller: We couldn't handle losing a Champions League Final again
The Stelvio Pass - cycling's killer climb
Edward VIII’s phone calls - and how MI5 bugged them
Sent down at the Old Bailey
Hollywood's random acts of red-carpet kindness
British football scores an own goal
James Lawton
Dylan Hartley talks tough
