Diary
We are not made incrementally aware of things that happen incrementally. Though something may have been changing for a while,…
How to fix orphanages
Really, most of them should be shut down
Private passions
Mary Wakefield talks to John Studzinski about philanthropy and the importance of art
Let’s bring the abortion debate to life
In Germany, they perform half as many terminations as we do. Why are we so keen on them?
Girl power
In single-sex schools girls don’t see themselves through boys’ eyes, says Mary Wakefield
When the ships come in
Ullapool is always lovely, says Mary Wakefield, but one time of year is particularly special …
‘Anti-semitism is on the rise’
The Chief Rabbi says we have entered a new age of intolerance
Harlem renaissance
A massive project to change the lives of America’s poorest children
The power of words
Tom Conti tells Mary Wakefield how to get inside a woman’s mind
Fish fetish
Try having your toes nibbled by carp
Egyptian Notebook
The adventures of a wrecked ship can be pieced together from entries in its log book.
Dear Mary…
Your problems solved
Director’s cut
On the eve of the spending review, Mary Wakefield talks to Neil MacGregor about why the government should continue to support the British Museum
Gut reaction
Hookworms are parasites. But could they also be a revolutionary medical treatment?
Silencing the voices
The ‘seriously handsome’ Toby Stephens talks to Mary Wakefield about the magic of acting
Contrasting characters
Mary Wakefield talks to Roger Allam and discovers that he thinks acting is only a game
Adventures in La-la land
As the Coalition forces prepare to pull out, other Brits commit to real ‘nation-building’ — educating the next generation. Mary Wakefield reports from rural Afghanistan
A woman of substance
Felicity Kendal tells a surprised Mary Wakefield of her admiration for Mrs Warren
Keeper of the treasure
Mary Wakefield meets Stephen Deuchar, who plans to save the Staffordshire Hoard
Whipping up a storm
Mary Wakefield talks to Angus Jackson about directing David Hare’s latest play
The space age isn’t over. It hasn’t yet begun
Forty years after man stepped on the moon, Mary Wakefield says that the technology now exists for truly astonishing space travel and a new era fusing commerce and romance
The serious business of theatre
Sir Peter Hall tells Mary Wakefield about the secret of good acting and his pact with Pinter
‘Let’s melt down the railings to make bicycles’
Boris Johnson talks to Mary Wakefield about being Mayor, playing God and beating David Cameron (at ping-pong)
Meet Gordon’s Pet Shop persecutors
Mary Wakefield meets the successful pop duo the Pet Shop Boys, and finds them eloquent critics of New Labour, staunch defenders of civil liberties — and fans of Vince Cable
‘Those who’ve suffered least compromise least’
Mary Wakefield takes a postwar tour through Gaza and surveys a psychological landscape warped by conflict and suffering — and hear whispers of a further Israeli incursion
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