It beats me why 21st-century women so hellbent on progress conform so readily to patriarchal stereotypes
By Mary Wakefield
A photo contains a moment, often a fraudulent one. Handwriting, even just the sight of it, summons a person
By Mary Wakefield
‘This has been a horrible pandemic, but it is not the big one’
By Mary Wakefield
Her stories are just as confessional as they are judgmental — and doesn’t absolution follow from confession?
By Mary Wakefield
Over hundreds of thousands of years, we evolved to dream and to daydream, to let our thoughts spiral
By Mary Wakefield
We all believe in some eccentric things: transubstantiation for me, homeopathy for others
By Mary Wakefield
Every character in popular TV shows for young kids has a big domed head, button nose and huge wide-apart eyes
By Mary Wakefield
Without visitors, the meerkats are listless and the dingoes so bored they have to be taken for walks
By Mary Wakefield
There’s been much talk of the spirit of the Blitz, but there’s something of the spirit of East Berlin, too
By Mary Wakefield
I’m having to rethink my prejudices, which is uncomfortable
By Mary Wakefield
People react differently to different things, and hooray for that
By Mary Wakefield
Albert was always well turned-out, but he let slip one day that it took him four hours to get dressed
By Mary Wakefield
The elite climber on fear, failure and conquering El Capitan
By Mary Wakefield
Channel 4 has released the trailer for its new Brexit drama – and Mary Wakefield is struck by how good the performances are
By Mary Wakefield
