the gentlewoman

Melissa Denes

Why is breastfeeding so hard? How do the artist Ana Mendieta’s closest friends remember her? These are just two of the subjects that Melissa has recently grappled with in her capacity as one of the most sought-after features writers in Fleet Street. With her editor’s hat on, she has worked at The Times and The Sunday Times, and was named editor’s editor of the year by the British Society of Magazine Editors in 2019 during her tenure at The Guardian’s magazine, Weekend.