Melissa Kite

Melissa Kite writes The Spectator's Real life column.

Real life

24 August 2013 9:00 am

At last. I’ve waited a long time for this moment. I’ve been through years of torture at the hands of…

Real life

17 August 2013 9:00 am

If you are bullied at school, you see, you never stop feeling bullied, no matter how old you are. It…

Real life

10 August 2013 9:00 am

My spaniel has been pronounced ‘too thin’ by a lady who rescues dogs from Greece. I had stopped to chat…

Bats vs people

3 August 2013 9:00 am

They are a protected species – we’re not

Real life

3 August 2013 9:00 am

‘Benvenuti alla Small Cluster Band!’ And about time, too. We had been sitting in the Castello in Castellabate for half…

Real life

27 July 2013 9:00 am

‘Piccolo problemo.’ Luigi, the hotel manager, delivered the fateful news as he served me my first lemon soda of the…

Real life

20 July 2013 9:00 am

You know you’re in bad shape when you need to make a list before you go to the GP. Admittedly,…

Real life

13 July 2013 9:00 am

This is the story of the amazing, disappearing car warranty. It is a cautionary tale that all second-hand car buyers…

Real life

6 July 2013 9:00 am

The sometime builder boyfriend spotted the Volvo on his way to a roofing job in Dorking. He rang me greatly…