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Mary Dejevsky

Mary Dejevsky

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Penalty notice / Britain’s roads are becoming a Soviet nightmare

In the dog days of 2021, I spent a grey Sunday afternoon driving around a part of London with a view to an eventual flat move. Why take the car?...

15.04.2024 6

The Spectator

Mary Dejevsky

Extradition case / Could Assange be freed?

What could be the final act in the long-running drama of Julian Assange’s legal battles has opened at the High Court in London. The two-day hearing...

20.02.2024 2

The Spectator

Mary Dejevsky

Hit SUV drivers where it hurts: in the pocket

Heavier cars will soon be hit with higher parking fees. Good. As an urban pedestrian and a car driver, I have two groups of enemies. The first are...

30.01.2024 2

The Spectator

Mary Dejevsky

Unhappy returns / The depressing truth about January birthdays

You can change practically anything about yourself these days, from your appearance through to your gender. But one thing remains practically...

12.01.2024 10

The Spectator

Mary Dejevsky

Why is assisted dying easier if you’re rich?

Esther Rantzen’s decision to join the campaign to legalise assisted dying, in the light of uncertainty about her cancer prognosis, has rekindled and...

20.12.2023 2

The Spectator

Mary Dejevsky

Is a national Holocaust memorial still a good idea?

Whatever the fate of the ceasefire and hostage exchange between Israel and Hamas, the latest conflict in the Middle East is reverberating far beyond...

27.11.2023 7

The Spectator

Mary Dejevsky

Flat-footed / Welcome to the floorboard wars

Jarndyce vs Jarndyce, this wasn’t – at least not yet – and it probably passed much of the country by, especially given the rival distractions of...

18.11.2023 6

The Spectator

Mary Dejevsky

Talking therapy / The NHS problem that can’t be solved with money

Earlier this year, I wrote, out of a mixture of bewilderment and frustration, about my experience as a novice in-patient at what is widely regarded as...

12.11.2023 6

The Spectator

Mary Dejevsky

Can the BBC World Service really go on like this?

The BBC has launched what it is calling an ‘urgent investigation’ into six journalists and a freelancer working for its Arabic-language service...

21.10.2023 8

The Spectator

Mary Dejevsky

Membership mysteries / Why can’t I simply book a swim?

It shames me to admit this, but I haven’t been near a public swimming pool for many a year. Hotel pools, yes; the sea – occasionally, in parts of...

11.10.2023 10

The Spectator

Mary Dejevsky

20mph isn’t plenty: the war on motorists has gone too far

‘Absolutely insane’ is the verdict of Penny Mordaunt MP on the Welsh government’s introduction of a 20mph speed limit on residential roads....

15.09.2023 6

The Spectator

Mary Dejevsky

Till death / The trouble with supermarket self checkouts

Finishing my latest mini-shop at my closest mini-supermarket, I witnessed something I hadn’t seen before. A couple who had used the self-checkouts...

11.09.2023 6

The Spectator

Mary Dejevsky

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