Melanie McDonagh
Melanie McDonagh is a columnist, arts critic and feature writer. She covers art exhibitions and also does some leader writing, interviews and occasional beauty/fragrance features.
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Melanie McDonagh is a columnist, arts critic and feature writer. She covers art exhibitions and also does some leader writing, interviews and occasional beauty/fragrance features.
Eight must-try summer colognes for hot summer days
We’re talking about the lightest fragrance of all...lots and lots of it
Where will this madness end - babies at the ballot box?
No, you can't get married when you're sixteen. And even if you could, 'love' shouldn't bestow you with the franchise.
There was more freedom of speech 2,500 years ago than in Britain today
In recent years successive governments have sought to close down free speech. If we are to avoid the enslavement of our thoughts, it’s time to heed the wisdom of the ancients
How not to reform the Royal Mail
Second class deliveries two or three days a week isn’t reform of the postal service
The best picnic hampers for an alfresco afternoon
It’s picnic season, time for pork pies and wedges of cheese. Melanie McDonagh picks the best hampers for summer
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition review: 'where is British art going?'
The Royal Academy’s annual summer show is more packed than ever, but hard to get a handle on
After the pregnant twerking, can Meghan and Harry sink any lower?
This blurring of the boundaries between the private and the public is obscene
