Madeline Grant
Overrated: Harry Potter
The bland, humourless and one-dimensional boy wizard pales against his more interesting friends
Going backward
‘My particular bugbear is that inherently redundant phrase “forward planning”. Ever tried ‘backward planning’?’
How Top Boys topple down crime’s ladder
Too many prisoners rejoin society with no education, stable housing or job prospects. No surprise that more than half reoffend within a year
In the bleak midwinter
Christmas can be a bleak time of year. While some feel isolated, others are overwhelmed by the need for a perfect family Yuletide when their reality is different
My warnings to our spy watchdogs
Britain is under attack from Russia. And the government is blocking a Parliamentary report that details it