Melanie McDonagh

Melanie McDonagh is a leaderwriter for the Evening Standard and Spectator contributor. Irish, living in London.

Less sex, please

12 October 2013 9:00 am

From Bridget Jones to prime-time telly, porn culture is now mainstream

Basic instincts

28 September 2013 9:00 am

What do women want? You might have thought the Wife of Bath had got this one sorted, but Daniel Bergner…

No saint

24 August 2013 9:00 am

G.K. Chesterton was a great journalist, not an angel

Bloody Vikings

10 August 2013 9:00 am

Forget that guff about peaceful farmers with an interest in travel

The urban peasant diet

10 August 2013 9:00 am

You know that something’s afoot when Lakeland says so. Lakeland is the kitchenware company which has more of a finger…

Measuring up to Machiavelli

6 July 2013 9:00 am

Few of today’s statesmen, says Philip Bobbitt, deserve comparison with the ‘seriously ethical’ author of The Prince