'Islamophobia a bogus label': Jewish Chronicle under fire over article
Melanie Phillips says that the term ‘is used to silence criticism of Islamic world’
September 2015
Peter Hitchens got me thinking: do lefties always have to turn right in old age?
Owen Jones
The Tory firebrand was once a Trotskyite. It’s a common enough political journey – but there are ways to avoid it
September 2013
Media Monkey
Media Monkey: Alastair Campbell, Sarah Vine and Melanie Phillips
Media Monkey
Melanie Phillips leaves the Daily Mail's middle – but will she go left or right?
June 2013
Russell Brand: what I made of Morning Joe and Question Time
So what really happened behind the scenes when Russell Brand turned up with his mum to take part in Question Time? And what did he make of Boris?
Russell Brand rules Question Time's clash of the egos
BBC lines comedian up with Boris Johnson and Melanie Phillips but the arguments fizzle rather than sizzle
Open thread
Join us for a Question Time to remember
Open thread
Open thread: Russell Brand, Boris Johnson and Melanie Phillips will all be on the BBC programme – share your comments here from 10.30pm
May 2013
Ebooks: the new reading
Melanie Phillips has got Mail, but that's not enough for her
With its New York office and American staff, Melanie Phillips's new company, emBooks, is proof she is seeking a global audience, writes Anna Baddeley
Guardian Angel: My Story, My Britain by Melanie Phillips – review
This is a revealing memoir of a troubled childhood and a love-hate relationship with the left, writes Gaby Hinsliff
The Observer profile
Melanie Phillips: she's putting the world to rights
Simon Hoggart's week
Simon Hoggart's week: would you buy a poncho from a Guardian columnist?
Simon Hoggart
Media Monkey
Melanie Phillips' new venture will stand up for the little guy
September 2012
Greenslade
Hacking book: Mail's campaign of vilification against a university professor
Roy Greenslade
Roy Greenslade presents a further extract from the updated edition of The phone-hacking scandal: journalism on trial. It's by media academic Ivor Gaber
November 2011
Winterval: the unpalatable making of a modern myth
Kevin Arscott
Kevin Arscott: This is the story of the evolution of a simple Christmas tale that wound up, poisonously, at the Mail and Melanie Phillips's door
September 2011
Cif belief
When did respect turn into political correctness?
Giles Fraser
Giles Fraser: Familiar voices are protesting about the use of BC and AD. But this outcry has nothing to do with faith – it's about the BBC
August 2011
Cif belief
When a writer's words have unintended consequences
Roz Kaveney
Roz Kaveney: That Anders Behring Breivik's manifesto quotes Melanie Phillips should give all writers pause for thought
July 2011
Norway attacks: Writer quoted by gunman hits back
Daily Mail columnist Melanie Phillips takes exception to 'suggestion' on blogs that her writings might have influenced Anders Behring Breivik's actions
June 2011
Greenslade
Why Melanie Phillips quit The Spectator
She says she resigned because she did not agree with magazine's apology for her blog posting
March 2011
PCC investigates Melanie Phillips' Spectator blog
Blogpost on media coverage of murder of Israeli family on West Bank referred to the 'moral depravity' of Arab 'savages'. By John Plunkett
November 2010
The Spectator apologises for falsely accusing Muslim of antisemitism
Apology follows settlement in which magazine and contributor Melanie Phillips agreed to pay Mohammad Sawalha compensation and his legal costs. By Josh Halliday
