Melanie Reid

The looming problem in society isn’t so much hearing loss — especially if Apple succeeds in rebranding AirPod earphones as hearing aids — it’s about our increasing inability to talk to each other.On

‘My son said, don’t go to Ikea — you’ll never recover. But here we are, trying out the beds’

A nostalgic look at 300 years of the British high street takes in sex, snobbery and centuries of moral panic over women shoppers

Darkly funny it may be, but it’s not ideal that a fast-food brand is the first thing visitors see after landing in a city known for poor life expectancy

Alex Salmond joins a select list of brilliant, mercurial Scottish politicians who have died abruptly before their time. John Smith, Robin Cook, Donald Dewar, Charles Kennedy and Salmond were all men

Assisted dying is set to be debated by parliament. Here’s why MPs must vote in favour

Why we shouldn’t give house room to this notion that guests should remove their footwear at the door

The Olympic medallist has stage four cancer. In this upbeat and inspiring memoir he reveals how he has learnt to be happy and positive again

Look at me using face biometrics! If I could do a victory dance, I would — until the app locks me out

When safe, mild, moderate, civilised Europe starts to be devastated by fatal weather, the threat changes greatly