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A mum living in agony with severe arthritis has described her struggle to cope - and the measures she would be prepared to take to end her pain.
This week, columnist Melissa Todd explores ‘religious fluidity’ after meeting a Methodist Church worker who converted to Islam.
This week, KentOnline columnist Melissa Todd explores love and loss as she keeps a vigil at her dying stepfather’s bedside.
From handing out flip-flops to stopping drunk people jumping in the harbour, Melissa Todd goes behind the scenes with night-time community pastors.
Is yoga racist, with its ‘skinny, bendy and blonde’ devotees? Regular ‘yogi’ Melissa Todd argues the term cultural appropriation is racist in itself.
In a heart-wrenchingly honest account, Melissa Todd describes the visceral shock, guilt and fury she felt in the aftermath of her husband’s suicide.
After a trip to a justice museum, Melissa Todd considers the value of imprisonment – which often means so much more than just a loss of liberty.
There’s talk of adding warning labels to meat, but Melissa Todd doubts the prospect of death and destruction will win against the smell of bacon...
After her friend was forced to wait eight hours for treatment after a nasty accident, Melissa Todd considers the wider impact of our under-funded NHS.
This week, columnist Melissa Todd learns about road safety – via Zoom – after a lapse in concentration earned her a place on a speed awareness course.
As treatment for people with anorexia is quietly withdrawn, Melissa Todd questions the humanity of allowing treatable patients to “starve to death”.
With many struggling to make ends meet, columnist Melissa Todd discovers the ‘help’ promised by banks isn’t as forthcoming as they’d have you believe.
After suffering another unbearable loss, columnist Melissa Todd is reminded of the frailty of life and importance of savouring every moment.
Do men have to work harder than ever to get lower-value women? Here’s what happened when Melissa Todd sparred with controversial YouTuber Pearl Davis.
Columnist Melissa Todd questions our “weird obsession” with identity after a mixed reaction from the public during a gender-bending photoshoot...
Columnist Melissa Todd takes aim at water companies overseeing interrupted supplies, sea pollution and hosepipe bans – all while hiking our bills.
Columnist Melissa Todd reflects on the reality of being working class after her friend’s appalling treatment by an unscrupulous employment agency.
Columnist Melissa Todd uncovers the lack of understanding – and even rage-filled abuse – faced by people living with hidden disabilities.
KentOnline columnist and dominatrix Melissa Todd reveals her joy at being signed by a literary agent – and subsequent feelings of imposter syndrome.
Columnist Melissa Todd is playing with pain for pleasure this year and escaping civilisation, well, Westwood Cross.