Review: The new i weekend paper

Last week, on a train to London, I wrote this review of the new iweekend paper. I then hopped on the Eurostar, then the TGV…

Column: They’re having more fun than us

Ladies at the 2017 Grand National It’s that time of year when racegoers top up their tans, shoehorn on towering shoes, spend a fortune on…

Column: Northern soul ripped out

Manchester will prevail. Pic @jabberingjourno Words cannot be sufficient for what has happened in Manchester. It could, of course, have been anywhere, at any time.…

Column: I can see clearly now

Mine were blue, plastic, round, humiliating, but most importantly at the time – free. My classic children’s NHS specs (available in blue or pink –…

Column: Prevarication

While I was putting off writing this column, I achieved the following: 1. I wrote a list, at the top of which I wrote (and…

Column: I shall go to the ball

Hot on the heels of the hen night of the year is, of course, the wedding of the year. Something I am looking forward to…

Column: I’d like a word

When I was a child I was painfully introverted. Inside, was an assertive, ambitious, curious child, but in a crowd I was the last to…