Like most people, I have been given many pieces of wisdom over the years by my parents. However, three from each of them have stuck in my mind through the years. Perhaps significantly, they differ in their nature. Firstly, my Dad’s. They were: 1. When driving, always have your speed adjusted before turning into a ...
Sometimes when it’s late at night — you’re coming home from a party looking fine and have a little bit too much liquor in your system — bad things can happen. Terrible things that will change your life forever. It can affect your self worth, your future relationships and how you see the world. But ...
Women are always portrayed in movies as having it all together career-wise but being compete dunces with their personal lives. Sure, she has a job and friends, but she can’t really be happy until she meets Mr Right and has a chance to settle down and begin a family. If only she understood that before ...
A woman wrote in to an agony aunt asking whether she should allow her 24 year old to sleep with her long term boyfriend when she comes to visit. Rowan Pelling replied: You are not telling your daughter not to share a bed with her boyfriend in her own home, just as you wouldn’t dictate ...
Don’t you look nice! Where are you going tonight? Well, doesn’t that sound… fun. Listen sweetie, before you head out remember what I said about keeping safe: Watch your drink ~ Even at a house party there could be some friend of a friend with a chemistry degree so keep your eye on your glass. ...
Magazines like to give helpful advice about how to improve your life. They offer suggestions about your career, your health and your sex life. This advertisement hoped to capitalise on it all, but failed miserably.
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
