On the Dole
Melanie Phillips, 15 July 1982
It is, as Jeremy Seabrook says, the similarities that strike you first.
Melanie Phillips
Melanie Phillips is a leader writer on the Guardian who specialises in social policy. She was previously the paper’s social services correspondent, and before that worked on New Society.
Pieces about Melanie Phillips in the LRB
Huff and Puff
John Sutherland, 3 October 1996
Every summer, with the absence of Parliamentary news and the arrival of GCSE, A-level and degree results, the great education debate starts up again. This year’s is accompanied by two...
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