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KentOnline columnist Melissa Todd hopes to offer a quiet, quirky antidote to our “loud, online and unhinged” world by opening a high street bookshop.
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This week, columnist Melissa Todd explores the power of language and censorship, amid “an epidemic of pompous phrases that mean nothing”.
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The government tells us we should prepare so we can survive without outside help for 72 hours - so, Melissa Todd asks, what would you pack?
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This week, an encounter with a medium moves columnist Melissa Todd to tears, and leaves her feeling at peace.
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Columnist Melissa Todd considers the end of inclusion and equality in Trump’s America - and if this anger and hatred could soon reach our shores…
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This week, columnist Melissa Todd considers the impact of AI on our lives - and why it can never replicate our creativity, empathy or innate humanity.
This week, Melissa Todd considers how few places there are for people to sit in public nowadays, thanks to the rise of “hostile architecture”.
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Are people getting naughtier? Is it any wonder we’ve less interest in the rules when fewer of us feel we have a stake in society, asks Melissa Todd.
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As our summers get hotter and winters get wetter, Melissa Todd says no one is building smartly, planning wisely or putting enough money aside.
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After the excesses of Christmas, Melissa Todd wonders if “new year, new me” resolutions will be as meaningful with the rise of weight-loss meds.
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This week, KentOnline columnist Melissa Todd meets fellow writer Stuart Harvey, who remains resilient despite falling victim to a cruel scam…
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We’re often told to ‘check our privilege’ but surely striving to understand is better than blind deference to marginalised groups, says Melissa Todd.
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We could learn a lot from the octopus, says columnist Melissa Todd, who believes the clever, curious and creative creature could outlive us all.
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The mood was sombre as Melissa Todd arrived in the US on the day Trump won the election. Here, she speaks to voters about their fears for the future.
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Prostitutes are often depicted as drug-addicted streetwalkers, but writer and sex worker Melissa Todd argues these stereotypes are outdated and lazy.
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Have we lost our collective sense of purpose? After struggling to comfort a suicidal friend, Melissa Todd explores the modern mental health crisis.
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As prison overcrowding reaches crisis point, Melissa Todd explores the alternatives - including the “short, sharp shock” of a corporal punishment.
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If it were up to columnist Melissa Todd, private schools would be abolished and children - both rich and poor - allocated places by a lottery system.
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KentOnline columnist and swearing fan Melissa Todd says a council’s plan to issue fines for foul language will unfairly penalise the working class.
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After violence on the streets, Melissa Todd calls for empathy from all sides, arguing we’re all immigrants, we’re all frightened and we’re all flawed.
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