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Mary Wakefield

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Shameless Britain: we are a nation of shoplifters

It’s been more than a week since Sean Egan, a manager at Morrisons in Aldridge, announced that he’d been sacked just for doing his job – for...

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Mary Wakefield

War path / What happened to Britain’s fighting spirit?

When war is in the air, young men traditionally sign up – and they traditionally sign up, disproportionately, from the north-east of England, where...

21.04.2026 10

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Mary Wakefield

War path / What happened to Britain’s fighting spirit?

When war is in the air, young men traditionally sign up – and they traditionally sign up, disproportionately, from the north-east of England, where...

21.04.2026 10

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Mary Wakefield

War path / What happened to Britain’s fighting spirit?

When war is in the air, young men traditionally sign up – and they traditionally sign up, disproportionately, from the north-east of England, where...

17.04.2026 10

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Mary Wakefield

Screens in schools have been a catastrophic failure

About a decade ago, the people I dreaded meeting most at parties were the ed tech evangelists – men and women who lit up with zealous excitement...

17.03.2026 10

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Mary Wakefield

Ed tech / Screens in schools have been a catastrophic failure

About a decade ago, the people I dreaded meeting most at parties were the ed tech evangelists – men and women who lit up with zealous excitement...

15.03.2026 10

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Mary Wakefield

Screens in schools have been a catastrophic failure

About a decade ago, the people I dreaded meeting most at parties were the ed tech evangelists – men and women who lit up with zealous excitement...

07.03.2026 10

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Mary Wakefield

Jelly babies / Why are adults buying so many children’s toys?

On the fourth floor of Selfridges, in London, is the children’s toy department. Most of the vast space is given over to soft toys – mounds of...

04.03.2026 20

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Mary Wakefield

Jelly babies / Why are adults buying so many children’s toys?

On the fourth floor of Selfridges, in London, is the children’s toy department. Most of the vast space is given over to soft toys – mounds of...

03.03.2026 750

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Mary Wakefield

Jelly babies / Why are adults buying so many children’s toys?

On the fourth floor of Selfridges, in London, is the children’s toy department. Most of the vast space is given over to soft toys – mounds of...

03.03.2026 750

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The new freakish shopping trend

On the fourth floor of Selfridges, in London, is the children’s toy department. Most of the vast space is given over to soft toys – mounds of...

14.02.2026 800

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Toy story / Meet the Jellycat kidults

On the fourth floor of Selfridges, in London, is the children’s toy department. Most of the vast space is given over to soft toys – mounds of...

12.02.2026 9

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Degrees of persecution / The poisonous truth about British universities

27.01.2026 10

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The poisonous truth about British universities

24.01.2026 20

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Degrees of persecution / The poisonous truth about British universities

22.01.2026 10

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No sex please, we’re Gen Z

11.01.2026 20

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Baby bust / No sex please, we’re Gen Z

08.01.2026 10

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Dystopia / Say hello to your AI granny

21.11.2025 20

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Mary Wakefield

Dystopia / Say hello to your AI granny

20.11.2025 20

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Unseeing / We have to stop looking away

12.11.2025 10

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Mary Wakefield

How lawfare is killing the SAS

11.11.2025 10

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Mary Wakefield

Unseeing / We have to stop looking away

10.11.2025 10

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Mary Wakefield

Unseeing / We have to stop looking away

06.11.2025 20

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‘People can’t take a joke these days’: Michael Heath on wokeness, The Spectator and turning 90

30.10.2025 20

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Brave new world / Who will stand up for motherhood?

15.10.2025 10

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Mary Wakefield

Brave new world / Who will stand up for motherhood?

15.10.2025 10

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Mary Wakefield

Who will stand up for motherhood?

12.10.2025 20

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Brave new world / Who will stand up for motherhood?

09.10.2025 10

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Crime and no punishment in Khan’s London

27.09.2025 10

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Gaslit / Crime and no punishment in Khan’s London

25.09.2025 8

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Pride of place / How to raise a patriot

15.09.2025 10

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Mary Wakefield

Pride of place / How to raise a patriot

11.09.2025 10

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Problem child / The painful truth about foster care

01.09.2025 20

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The painful truth about foster care

30.08.2025 10

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Problem child / The painful truth about foster care

28.08.2025 10

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Mary Wakefield

The painful truth about foster care

28.08.2025 10

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The radical vegan ‘Zizians’ are the cult we deserve

19.07.2025 10

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My idea for a new grooming gang inquiry

04.07.2025 10

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My campaign to bring back real life

21.06.2025 10

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Tech trap / My campaign to bring back real life

20.06.2025 10

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Tech trap / My campaign to bring back real life

19.06.2025 10

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I’ve reached zero tolerance on zero tolerance

25.05.2025 10

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Gender divide / Why don’t men ask questions?

12.05.2025 20

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Gender divide / Why don’t men ask questions?

08.05.2025 10

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Gender divide / Why don’t men ask questions?

08.05.2025 8

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Ghoul days / Lily Parr and the creepiness of AI resurrection

29.04.2025 10

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Mary Wakefield

Ghoul days / Lily Parr and the creepiness of AI resurrection

29.04.2025 10

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The ABC of faith / ‘Jordan Peterson is a sad and angry man’: an interview with Rowan Williams

18.04.2025 10

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‘Jordan Peterson is a sad and angry man’: an interview with Rowan Williams

17.04.2025 30

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Court out / The Met’s misogyny

27.03.2025 10

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Mary Wakefield