I never thought I'd write about wallpaper. But I'd never seen wallpaper like Marthe Armitage's
Every night, while my husband reads by screen-light, my mind runs like an invisible rat two miles north to the…
Libya is imploding. Why doesn't David Cameron care?
A few days ago I went to a talk about Syria; one of those events for the concerned layman, in…
Would you let parents destroy ‘gay’ embryos?
Because I’d like to have a child, and I’m getting on a bit, my husband and I have spent time…
Why did Theresa May deport my homeless friend?
I’ve heard some excellent things about our Home Secretary, Theresa May. People who work in her department say she’s bright…
Hearts - the next stage of the 3D printing revolution
I have seen the future — your future if you’re rich enough or brave enough to embrace it — and…
The one man who makes me hope for peace in Syria
As Syria’s second peace conference looms, and we prepare ourselves for a lot of hot air drifting over from Geneva,…
The 3D printing revolution
3D printing makes almost anything possible – in art as well as life
Notes on…Sicily
It could be, in Sicily, there comes a time when you’ve had your fill of seaside calamari and cheap white…
Revealed: how exam results owe more to genes than teaching
New research by Professor Robert Plomin shows genes are more important than we like to think
Cold comfort
Boris Johnson claims his 'emergency shelter' keeps London's homeless off the freezing streets. I put it to the test
Stop the drugs war
Legalisation is Mexico’s only hope
‘Die slowly, Christian dog’
Paranoia among Syria’s new refugees
Mexico notebook
Four a.m. Something was triggering the motion-sensor on the outside light. One minute, darkness, the next, a window-full of flailing…
‘Drone warfare is coming’
Daniel Suarez explains how flying robots are going to change our world for ever
A Stitch in Time
Why Suzannah Crabb is a fashion saint
Is Dan the man?
The Labour ex-para who’s putting the wind up Cameron’s gang
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