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Merope Mills

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Merope Mills is a Guardian executive editor

October 2024

  • A woman with long blond hair wearing a straw hat and smiling, with a little boy wearing a stripy T-shirt, large sunglasses and a baseball cap sitting on her lap and also smiling

    This mother made six attempts to raise the alarm about her sick toddler. Doctors told her he’d be fine. They were fatally wrong

    The death of her son, Micah, highlights the danger of medics ignoring parental concerns. ‘It was like they were gaslighting us,’ says Keri-Sue McManus

February 2024

  • Martha Mills

    Today in Focus
    Why the NHS needs Martha’s rule

    Following a campaign by her family in memory of Martha Mills, the NHS is introducing Martha’s rule giving hospital patients in England access to a rapid review from a separate medical team if they are concerned with the care they are receiving
    Podcast36:59

September 2023

  • Merope Mills’s daughter, Martha.

    double quotation markMy daughter Martha died needlessly in hospital – we believe this change would have saved her

    Merope Mills
    Martha’s Rule would give patients the right to call for an urgent second opinion, which could have prevented the unforgivable mistakes made in her case, says journalist Merope Mills

September 2022

  • Martha Mills in September 2017, age 10

    ‘We had such trust, we feel such fools’: how shocking hospital mistakes led to our daughter’s death

    Martha was 13; her whole life stretched out ahead of her. But our faith in doctors turned out to be fatal. This is what I wish I’d known

December 2017

  • Best of US Tech

    The top US stories of 2017
    The top US tech stories of 2017: the utopian dream comes to an end

    Scandal at Uber, the backlash against Facebook, smartphone addiction: west coast editor Merope Mills shares the Guardian stories that captured the mood

January 2017

  • A trio of male riders in the snow on fatbikes: bicycles with extra wide, ridged tyres for cycling in extreme weather conditions.

    Fatbiking in California: could the cycling trend be as big as snowboarding?

    Fatbiking is booming, with more and more ski resorts introducing the sport, including Tahoe Donner in the Sierra Nevada where our writer tries it out

December 2016

  • Carrie Fisher, Gary Fisher and Merope Mills at the 2016 White House correspondents’ dinner.

    Film blog
    My time with Carrie Fisher, a hurricane of energy, charisma and foul language

    From opening up about her bipolar disorder and desire for a boyfriend to lavishing love on her mother, Debbie Reynolds, Carrie was always honest, funny and open. No wonder emails are still arriving for her, two days after her death

March 2016

  • cabin outside

    Airbnb's most popular rental: a tiny cabin in the California woods

    Kitty Mrache’s ‘geodesic dome loft’ has appeared on the site for seven years and is so busy her own children have to wait in line

March 2015

  • 140x84 trailpic for April Fools - Jeremy Clarkson

    April fools
    Jeremy Clarkson tours Guardian HQ after joining fossil fuel divestment drive - video

    Former Top Gear presenter meets Guardian staff after backing campaign for fossil fuel divestment

February 2015

  • Watch Me Date - a brand new series on theguardian.com

    Watch me date
    Watch Me Date

    One couple. Two cameras. What happens next?

May 2014

  • Nimrod Kamer at Eurovision

    Nimrod Kamer at Eurovision: 'the last line of defence against anti-gay Russian propaganda' – video

    Nimrod Kamer gets up close and personal with performers at this year's Eurovision song contest in Copenhagen on Saturday

March 2014

  • WeDubYou campervan

    Round France in a psychedelic campervan

    The last classic VW camper has rolled off the production line but that doesn't mean the end of the road. They are still the coolest vehicle on the campsite, as Merope Mills and family discover on a tour of the Dordogne and France's Atlantic

March 2013

  • The Kinsterna hotel, at Monemvasia, Greece.

    The Kinsterna Hotel and Spa, the Peloponnese, Greece: hotel review

    A boutique hotel and spa in a 13th-century manor is just the starting point for Merope Mills's discovery of a little-visited corner of Greece's beautiful Peloponnese

December 2012

  • Local shops

    Britain's best independent shops

    Buying online may be efficient, but where's the joy in that? Our writers choose their favourite bookshops, butchers and boutiques for everything you need for Christmas… and beyond

November 2012

  • Monks by Angkor Wat

    Cambodia: a new kind of tour

    A new tour operator offers the sights of Cambodia without the hordes, and with a clearer conscience, says Merope Mills

July 2012

  • Shanti-Som spa near Marbella

    A juice detox at a spa in Spain

    A juice detox at a chic new Spanish spa may be an extreme way to get a bikini body, but Merope Mills left slimmer and feeling full of energy

April 2012

  • Gas

    Rip-off Britain: why is everything so expensive?

    £656 for a face cream, £260 for a pair of jeans, £3 for a bottle of water... That can't be right. Or can it? We talk to the people behind the price tags

March 2012

  • 100 NHS voices
    NHS reforms: the NHS Direct nurse's view

    Tricia Hamilton, clinical director/chief nurse of NHS Direct at Middlebrook in Bolton earns £80,000 to £100,000

January 2012

  • Guardian iPad edition with Weekend magazine

    Inside the Guardian
    Guardian iPad edition now includes Weekend magazine

    Read Weekend magazine in the iPad edition from tomorrow

September 2011

  • copenhagen-cyclists-retro-shop

    Why Copenhagen's a scene stealer

    Copenhagen glowered in the TV drama The Killing, but it's a friendly, stylish city with gorgeous food and architecture, says Merope Mills

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