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Tuesday 17 May 2011 Madeleine McCann
Brendan O’Neill
Dave, Maddie and the politics of grief
Cameron has been slated for his foray into the Madeleine McCann case, but he's not the only politician who sees opportunity in bereavement.

Wednesday 13 August 2008
Tim Black
‘Our Maddie’ makes a media comeback
The silly-season resurrection of the McCann tragedy shows that this was always a cynical, elite-scripted drama.

Tuesday 11 March 2008
Tim Black
Shannon: overshadowed by Our Maddie
Why hasn’t the missing working-class girl Shannon Matthews received the same attention as Madeleine McCann?

Thursday 31 January 2008
Tim Black
This is more than a case of ‘media Maddieness’
Tim Black reports from a debate amongst leading journalists about the ‘story of their lifetime’: the abduction of Madeleine McCann and the subsequent public hysteria.

Friday 28 September 2007
Mick Hume
Maddie’s-not-Moroccan shock
Seeing Madeleine everywhere and 'mourning' Mourhino - read Mick Hume's columns in The Times (London).

Tuesday 25 September 2007
Neil Davenport
‘Boys in blue’: someone to watch over us
As the Madeleine McCann case shows, the desire for security means the British police are more favourably viewed today than ever before.

Wednesday 15 August 2007
Mick Hume
The increasingly strange case of Madeleine McCann
The global crusade around missing Maddie seems more and more detached from the local police investigation in Portugal.

Thursday 14 June 2007
Mick Hume
Castrate this sick debate
Not another British paedophile panic? The unhealthy obsession with child sexual abuse should stop. Full stop.

Friday 1 June 2007
Mick Hume
Madeleine McCann: voyeurism at the Vatican
On alcohol advice for pregnant women and the latest in the search for 'Our Maddie': read Mick Hume's columns in The Times (London).

Thursday 24 May 2007
Mick Hume
'Maddie' and the media in Britain AD (After Diana)
The three-week emotional outpouring around the missing Madeleine McCann has laid bare much about British culture today.

Wednesday 16 May 2007
Mick Hume
Missing ‘our Maddie’
The abduction of four-year old Madeleine McCann in Portugal has been turned into a public spectacle in Britain.

Friday 11 May 2007
Mick Hume
Madeleine McCann: let’s all make it worse
Read Mick Hume's columns in The Times (London) this week.



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