Mary Wakefield

Mary Wakefield is commissioning editor of The Spectator.

The one man who makes me hope for peace in Syria

18 January 2014 9:00 am

As Syria’s second peace conference looms, and we prepare ourselves for a lot of hot air drifting over from Geneva,…

Father Paolo’s personal peace process

16 January 2014 3:00 pm

As Syria’s second peace conference looms, and we prepare ourselves for a lot of hot air drifting over from Geneva,…

Notes on…Sicily

7 September 2013 9:00 am

It could be, in Sicily, there comes a time when you’ve had your fill of seaside calamari and cheap white…

Revealed: how exam results owe more to genes than teaching

27 July 2013 9:00 am

New research by Professor Robert Plomin shows genes are more important than we like to think