A mother’s work is never done and she doesn’t even get paid for much of it either. This weekend it’s Mothering Sunday, a day on which we traditionally celebrate mothers and all the crap they put up with for the sake of the preservation of mankind. While it’s nice to receive a bunch of chrysanthemums…
I call on 18-year-olds to rise up and stage a coup
The buffoonery taking place in the House of Commons this week convinces me that it is time for our nation’s 18-year-olds to rise up and storm Parliament. I mean, seriously, scenes involving Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay speaking in favour of a motion one minute – indeed, wrapping up a whole debate about it with his…
Gender inequality is rife and always has been – but women need to help eradicate it
Today is International Women’s Day and, boy, do we need one. I am spending the day counting how many times a man says – or tweets – the phrase “why don’t we have an international men’s day?”. You know the type – no such thing as a gender pay gap, women always favoured by family…
Should you be allowed to leave your millions to a cat – or indeed anyone at all?
So, Karl Lagerfeld’s cat is in line for at least a slice of a £150m fortune after the fashion designer died this week. Choupette the cat is a pampered pet. She has two personal maids – the long-suffering Francoise and Marjorie – eats at the table and luxuriates in her own bedroom suite complete with…
Why an extortionate night at the opera means we should bring in rent control
Lots of outrage was sparked this week when it was revealed that tickets to the highly-sought-after performance of La Forza Del Destino at the Royal Opera were selling for as much as £3,435 each on the ticket re-selling site, Viagogo. Tickets with a cover price of around £125. The demand for seats at London’s operatic…