Are people with Alzheimer’s being denied justice? – My latest Spectator column
“My mother, aged 75, has advanced Alzheimer’s. This is heart-breaking enough – she is now at a stage where she has terrifying visions,...
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- Jul 6
- 1 min
On breadwinning and bread losing: My latest column for iNews
“Households in which women are the sole breadwinner are less happy, according to fascinating research published in The Conversation. UK...
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- Apr 13
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"No Joe, you haven't a clue about diverse, modern Ireland" - my latest Times Thunderer
“Unlike President Biden I have never knowingly mistaken the All Blacks for the Black and Tans (a dangerous mistake if, like me, you...
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- Jan 17
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"Bring back licences for dogs to help stop the maulings": my latest Times Thunderer
“In 2022 nine people, including four children, were mauled to death by dogs in England and Wales, the highest annual figure on record....
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- Nov 30, 2022
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A new Alzheimer's wonder drug is great: my latest Indie blog
“Tonight, after work, I’ll drive 200 miles to Yorkshire to empty Mum’s flat. It’s just three years since she moved in: we had hoped she...
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- Aug 25, 2022
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"True beauty comes from within" - my latest Times comment
“It’s probably fair to say that Ángel Di María wouldn’t be welcome back at Old Trafford even if his first term at the club had gone a lot...
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- Aug 13, 2022
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"In defence of package holidays" - my latest piece for The Critic
“At a recent discussion on climate change, a famous feminist author listed activities we need to end right now to ensure the planet...
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- Jul 22, 2022
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"You don't need to like quidditch to back JK Rowling" - my latest Times Thunderer
“One of the few rules to which I adhere is to distrust anyone over the age of 18 who reads Harry Potter books. My own kids outgrew this...
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- Jun 28, 2022
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"The surprising appeal of Sweden's second largest city" - my latest travel piece for The Spectator
“Sweden is often overlooked as a holiday destination by Brits due to lazy misconceptions about the Scandinavian weather and prices. Yet...
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- Jun 15, 2022
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"Has my Yorkshire grit held me back? I'll 'appen that's it" - my latest Times Thunderer
“Wazzocks. That was my first reaction on reading that my fellow Brits are likely to think of me as less intelligent than southerners due...
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- Apr 20, 2022
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"It's idiotic to send willing workers all the way to Rwanda" - my latest Times Thunderer
“A question for those backing Priti Patel’s proposals to fly migrants 4,000 miles to Rwanda: do you think Britain has a manpower problem?...
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- Apr 9, 2022
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Why didn't airlines and holiday companies see the Easter travel chaos coming? My latest comment for
“We should have been packing for our Easter trip to Mallorca about now. Having had a number of foreign holidays cancelled in 2020 and...
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- Apr 2, 2022
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Hear me discussing class with Carolyne Wyatt and Sophia Money Coutts on Radio 4
Just been a guest on Radio 4 with the fabulous Carolyne Wyatt and fellow guest Sophia Money Coutts talking about my article on class in...
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- Apr 1, 2022
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Does the BBC know what it means by 'working class'? - my latest Times Thunderer
“About chuffing time, you la-di-da southern Jessies. Such was my reaction on learning the BBC is to employ more horny-handed sons of toil...
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- Mar 23, 2022
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Reparations for slavery won't right wrongs of the past - my latest Times Thunderer
“Let’s begin by acknowledging that the Jamaicans who greeted William and Kate with demands for reparations have a point. The...
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- Mar 21, 2022
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No, THIS is hardcore: my latest Critic column
“I doubt there’s anywhere drearier to be than Rochdale on a rainy night in 1982. Having missed the bus and facing a 14-mile walk, me and...
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- Mar 21, 2022
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Spare a thought for 'sandwich generation' - my latest Spectator column
“Sunday was fairly typical. The police picked up Mum, 73, wandering in distress near Halifax bus station, cold, disorientated and lost....
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- Feb 18, 2022
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Teenagers get a bad press - my latest Indie comment
“Last Saturday evening I was foolish enough to allow 50 London teenagers into my home and treat it as they wished. My daughter’s 18th...
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- Jan 17, 2022
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Racist, sexist claim puts me on same page as the greats: my latest Times Thunderer
“Norman Mailer and I don’t have much in common. Aged 22, Mailer was fighting in the Pacific, whereas I was working in Harrods’ warehouse....
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- Dec 27, 2021
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Opening the anthology: my latest essay for The Author
In the cold hard winter of 1983, I was an angry, skint 16-year-old sharing a room with a mate, having been booted out of home a few...
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