The debate on sex selection has put the abortion lobby on the back foot
Topic: Melanie Phillips
For a moment people have stopped talking about a ‘clump of cells’ and are beginning to see an unborn child
Posted on Monday, 5 March 2012
Has multiculturalism helped to tear our society apart? And was Tariq Jahan’s noble behaviour an implicit rejection of it, an appeal to common values?
Posted on Friday, 12 August 2011
The inquest continues; this is an important question we need to resolve
I hope these riots are a wake-up call. Otherwise, London could end up as lawless as Nairobi
Posted on Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Tough decisions lie ahead
It is good that Mr Netanyahu should praise the Pope’s book: but it contains nothing new about the Jews
Posted on Monday, 7 March 2011
The crucifixion was caused by our own sins: that has always been mainstream Catholic teaching
The Government is wasting its time trying to measure happiness
Posted on Monday, 24 January 2011
Teaching ‘well-being’ at school is also hard to justify. Children are better off studying great works of literature
I’m starting to think Melanie Phillips is right. Conspiracy theories are everywhere
Posted on Monday, 19 July 2010
When I leafed through her latest book, The World Turned Upside Down, I thought she was exaggerating. Then two friends put me straight







Does the evil of bad men nullify all the good?
The crimes of Jimmy Savile raise some difficult questions