Childcare is mothercare
When I was a small child, my mother left me in the charge of an elderly neighbour so that she…
Have you had the school gate VAT chat?
Another day closer to the general election and I’m at my daughter’s prep school in Oxfordshire. As has come to…
Why Mummy smokes
It’s 7.02 p.m. and I’m standing outside my house by the bins smoking a fag. Upstairs, I can hear that…
The unique feminism of Ivana Trump
For a woman whose life was all about ascent, there is a cruel irony to the fact that Ivana Trump…
How Macron was outfoxed by a dead Napoleonic general
Skeletons don’t always lurk in cupboards, some of them hide under dance floors waiting for a particularly rousing party to…
Why a dog is a politician's best friend
Is there a better way to boost a politician’s fortunes than a puppy? Everyone knows that dogs buy a certain degree of…
France, football and Marine Le Pen’s war on a French rapper
‘Dans ce rêve où ma semence de nègre fout en cloque cette chienne de Marine Le Pen.’ You don’t have…
The rapid rise of Pascal Blanchard, Macron’s favourite diversity tsar
In October last year Emmanuel Macron had a long list of around 300 to 500 names drawn up. These were no…
