Melissa Kite

Melissa Kite writes The Spectator's Real life column.

Real life

25 July 2020 9:00 am

‘I need an ambulance!’ yelled the builder boyfriend into his mobile phone as the cyclist lay bleeding from a head…

Real life

18 July 2020 9:00 am

‘What are you going to put on my head to protect me?’ said the man outside the barber’s shop to…

Real life

11 July 2020 9:00 am

‘Are you seriously telling me you would rather meet up on Zoom than in reality?’ I asked a friend as…

Real Life

4 July 2020 9:00 am

My friend turned up wearing a snorkelling mask, beneath which she had tied a bandana around her mouth. On her…

Real life

27 June 2020 9:00 am

‘Have you met the man who keeps his horses in this field?’ said one silver-haired lady to the other, as…

Real life

20 June 2020 9:00 am

Opting out of organ donation was one of the hardest things I’ve done in a while. I don’t mean the…

Real life

13 June 2020 9:00 am

The two horses looked like they had never seen anything like it. They had wound up in a dark car…

Real life

6 June 2020 9:00 am

We went on our first outing, to the beach at Littlehampton, but I’m not sure it was as stress-relieving as…

Garden leave

30 May 2020 9:00 am

It’s hell when the whole neighbourhood is working from home

Real life

30 May 2020 9:00 am

We arrived at the country store with only three minutes to closing time so our chances of scoring horse wormer…

Real life

23 May 2020 9:00 am

When people ask me what I did during lockdown, I would like to give an inspiring answer, apart from growing…

Real life

16 May 2020 9:00 am

If this lockdown doesn’t end soon we are all going to turn into hairy lefties. I have just cut the…

Real life

9 May 2020 9:00 am

The rain showers had a strange and wondrous effect. All the cyclists, joggers and dog walkers that were coming from…

Real life

2 May 2020 9:00 am

Without making any efforts in that direction, I now know all about a certain telecom firm’s future business plans. My…

Real life

25 April 2020 9:00 am

The man was unloading cycles from the boot of his car just as I was about to take the turning…

Real Life

18 April 2020 9:00 am

The toad who lives at the bottom of the garden in the pile of bricks beneath the potting table was…

Real life

11 April 2020 9:00 am

‘Do you want some of the private stuff from out the back?’ said the butcher to the builder boyfriend, leaning…

Real life

4 April 2020 9:00 am

The spaniel curled up in her basket with one of my shoes, one of his socks and a packet of…

Real life

28 March 2020 9:00 am

‘Get me Heygates on the phone! I need that order of pony nuts now, damn it!’ It was like a…

Real life

21 March 2020 9:00 am

The most exciting place on earth I have ever been to is the village where I live. And I don’t…

Real Life

14 March 2020 9:00 am

The game was up when I put on a pair of size 14 jodhpurs at the country store and they…

Real Life

7 March 2020 9:00 am

One of the many technological things I don’t understand is, how come I’m paying to watch television? I know why…

Pet peeve

29 February 2020 9:00 am

Let animals be animals

Real life

29 February 2020 9:00 am

Nice of the NHS to send an advisory text about coronavirus, because I was wondering. Is it possible to have…

Real life

21 February 2020 10:00 pm

Mr Benn has been in touch because he wants a right of reply to an article I wrote about my…