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'How I escaped the civilisation of Westwood Cross'

09 January 2023
'How I escaped the civilisation of Westwood Cross'

Columnist Melissa Todd is playing with pain for pleasure this year and escaping civilisation, well, Westwood Cross.

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'Delight in discomfort of strikes – it's making privileged sweat'

19 December 2022
'Delight in discomfort of strikes – it's making privileged sweat'

Columnist Melissa Todd says if the government doesn't listen to striking workers people could die.

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'Perfections are dull - imperfections make women beautiful'

12 December 2022
'Perfections are dull - imperfections make women beautiful'

Columnist Melissa Todd takes part in a photo shoot.

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'Loneliness could kill but chat with me won't help'

05 December 2022
'Loneliness could kill but chat with me won't help'

Columnist Melissa Todd has a conundrum, lonely people keep trying to talk to her and it's the last thing she wants.

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'Opioid crisis wouldn't be such an issue if US drank tea properly'

28 November 2022
'Opioid crisis wouldn't be such an issue if US drank tea properly'

On her travels in the US columnist Melissa Todd was offered every pill under the sun but couldn't find a humble pot of tea.

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'I went to Oxford with Liz Truss - now she's PM and I'm a sex worker'

05 October 2022
'I went to Oxford with Liz Truss - now she's PM and I'm a sex worker'

A sex worker and dominatrix who went to university with Prime Minister Liz Truss reflects on how their lives took very different paths.

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'I took porn stars to Cathedral and they had many questions'

16 July 2022
'I took porn stars to Cathedral and they had many questions'

KentOnline columnist Melissa Todd describes her visit to some of Kent's most famous landmarks with guests from the world of adult entertainment.

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'Playing the victim is fun - but is it doing us any good?'

25 June 2022
'Playing the victim is fun - but is it doing us any good?'

Columnist Melissa Todd writes how victimhood has become "inexplicably" intertwined with virtue.

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'You could tell I was the commonest person in the Commons'

21 May 2022
'You could tell I was the commonest person in the Commons'

Self-confessed politics nerd Melissa Todd put on her best frock for a trip to Westminster but found people gliding away "as if I were radioactive".

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'If they're naked why aren't I rolling them in custard?'

26 February 2022
'If they're naked why aren't I rolling them in custard?'

Our columnist, author and dominatrix Melissa Todd, was invited to speak at a golf club dinner, where the Q&A afterwards took a rather unexpected turn.

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'Influx of DFLs is changing our towns'

12 February 2022
'Influx of DFLs is changing our towns'

DFLs have flooded one part of Kent and gobbled up all the greasy spoons - but snobs and locals can learn to get on, writes Melissa Todd.

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'One chap accused me of looking like Jimmy Carr in drag'

23 January 2022
'One chap accused me of looking like Jimmy Carr in drag'

In her first column for KentOnline, Melissa Todd reveals how she has handled the reaction to her new book on life as a dominatrix...

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