Melanie McDonagh

Melanie McDonagh writes for the Evening Standard and has contributed to the Guardian and The Spectator, among others.

<p>Compelling: Dalrymple highlights India’s ‘often forgotten position’ as a motor of global trade in ancient and early medieval times </p>

The history book that will transform your view of early civilisation

<p>Schools should be a safe place for our children, the fact that some are being deemed life-threatening speaks volumes </p>

Have we turned into a country that hates children?

The Blue Zones Solution; Eating and Living like the World's Healthiest

Natalie Bennett, Leanne Wood and Nicola Sturgeon embrace at the end of the debate

Women don't have to be touchy-feely to be political

Camilla Parker Bowles: Lady in waiting

How Clare Short aimed at an easy target, and missed

The seeds of betrayal