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Melissa Kite
Why I'm hooked on televangelism
when, as deputy prime minister, john prescott punched a protester during the general election campaign in 2001 it nearly ruined his career. ...
An epiphany on the motorway
driving north to my parents’ late at night, i realised there were so many lorries on the road that i was queuing behind them. i have taken t...
The dangerous nonsense behind 'natural horsemanship'
whenever someone uses the word “natural”, i feel a sense of dread. but nothing puts the wind up me more than the words “natural horsemanship...
Diary: by Melissa Kite
ageism may be the last great prejudice our society deigns to address, if indeed it ever gets around to it. this occurred to me as i sat in a...
Melissa Kite: In praise of boring holidays
since i began renovating my house, i haven’t been able to afford to go anywhere, exotic or otherwise. “holidays? oh, i remember those,” i sa...
Melissa Kite: Giving up the news for Lent
they say ignorance is bliss and i’m starting to believe it. for a journ-alist by trade, this is a humiliating volte face. i always thought k...
Melissa Kite: How to make Britain great again
when was the last time you told a lie? honestly, think about it. perhaps you told a lie without even thinking you were lying, and with no fe...
Melissa Kite: When politics replaces morality
while i wait for my house sale to go through, i am staying with a friend in the country. he and i have been watching the early days of donal...
My gift is more ethical than your gift
‘isn’t it marvellous that the royal family only give each other one small gift?” said my friend the other day, before adding: “so classy.” m...
Melissa Kite: The riding accident that showed God exists
coincidences are god’s way of remaining anonymous. i’ve always liked that saying. whenever an atheist assaults me with the usual lament – “i...
Melissa Kite: Computers are deciding your future
"let me get this straight,” i said to the mortgage broker. “in order to borrow less, i have to earn more?” that was, she confirmed, the gist...
Melissa Kite: How to ruin the fun at a party conference
over french cuisine in a very fancy birmingham restaurant, i got chatting with a former tory minister at a brexit dinner. i had been invited...
Melissa Kite: Is half of Britain stupid?
on the hottest day of the year, a friend and i were lucky enough to be having lunch by a rooftop pool in a swanky private members’ club. the...
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