terminal illness
A Feelgood fairy story
Leyla Sanai 21 May 2016 9:00 am
When I wrote for the NME as a schoolgirl in the 1980s, it was recognised that there were musicians who…
The race from the Big C to the Big D
Kate Womersley 30 April 2016 9:00 am
The ‘journey’ — at least the one played out in public — begins with an announcement that you are incurable.…
Warning: this book only contains strong language
William Leith 7 November 2015 9:00 am
Dan Marshall, the author of this memoir, loves to swear. ‘It’s very difficult for me to write a sentence without…
Spectator letters: Mental health and assisted dying
The Spectator 5 September 2015 9:00 am
Suicide and assisted dying Sir: As a mental health practitioner, I am grateful to Douglas Murray (‘Death watch’, 29 August)…
Spectator letters: A surgeon writes on assisted dying, and an estate agent answers Harry Mount
The Spectator 12 July 2014 9:00 am
Real help for those in pain Sir: The fickleness of existence is exemplified by the fact that being Tony Blair’s…