The infantilism of Advent calendars for grown-ups
Anything goes with Advent calendars
Why I’ve given up on handbags
How I gave up an unnecessary habit
A death, live-streamed: my husband’s Skype funeral
The strange experience of my husband’s Skype funeral
Why are so many of my elderly friends in denial about death?
Here’s a cheerful thought: we are all going to die. Some of my friends are under 70 but most, now…
In defence of pocket money
Our grandchildren are penniless. They have pretty much everything their hearts desire and they have parents with wallets full of…
Young recycling zealots are talking rubbish
Church attendances may be falling, but there’s a new religion in town: recycling. Its followers are devout and full of…
What I’ve learned from 20 years without a TV
In the summer of 1999 I did something radical. Spurred on by my husband’s universal loathing of television I took…
Most Popular
- Read
- Read
Latest
Cartoons
‘I’ve been made Impermanent Secretary.’
‘We’re here about the superforecaster job.’
‘I can’t get on the housing ladder.’
Narcissus feels outnumbered
‘He used to be just a manspreader.’
‘Oh no! What have I tweeted..?’
‘Yes, you could say we’re self-isolating.’
‘And let’s all try to be a little bit kinder.’
‘Poor Rishi Sunak — he has four houses to worry about.’