Melanie Reid

Melanie Frances Reid

MBE FRSE
Born (1957-04-13) 13 April 1957 (age 67)
Barnet, Herts, England[1]
OccupationColumnist
NationalityBritish
SubjectDisability
SpouseDavid McNeil[2]

Melanie Reid MBE FRSE (born 13 April 1957) is a British journalist. Her weekly column for The Times' magazine, "Spinal Column",[3] is about disability and her life as a disabled person. She broke her neck and back in April 2010 while horse riding,[2] and is now a tetraplegic. Following her accident, she spent twelve months in the spinal unit of Southern General Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland.

  1. ^ Reid, Melanie Frances. Who's Who 2020. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U270743. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4.
  2. ^ a b Jarvis, Katie (18 August 2014). "Melanie Reid: Counting her blessings". Cotswold Life.
  3. ^ "Melanie Reid - The Times & The Sunday Times". www.thetimes.co.uk.