Fashion statement
Clothes with slogans on them are a sure sign of a bore
A clown on crystal meth
For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure, Mark Steyn is sort of a hairy, successful version of me—…
Bound and caged, but fighting-fit
It’s always interesting when people succeed in two different arenas — like Mike Nesmith’s mum, who gave the world both…
The hate that dare not speak its name
For some left-wing men, the misogyny of the Islamic State is part of the appeal
Portmeirion
My husband and I stay for a week most summers in Portmeirion, the strangest and loveliest ‘village’ in the world.…
A slap in the Facebook
My female friends’ social media habits are too bitchy even for me
When did romantic love become a religion?
Pity the modern starlet. Be she steaming-hot pop-tart or reality-show show-off, her range of emotional experiences will, thanks mostly to…
When did romantic love become a religion?
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When did romantic love become a religion?
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Born to be famous
The old paths to the top for working-class children – sport, music, acting, writing – are now closed by nepotism
How to write a novel
At a time when feminism is grimly engaged in disappearing up its own intersection (two transsexuals squabbling over a tampon…
Letter from Tel Aviv
‘There’s a dark cloud rising from the desert floor/ I packed my bags and I’m heading straight into the storm/…
Mockers and moaners
Books by bellicose columnists with the initials R.L. are like buses — none comes along for ages, then two come…
… and beefing up a living one
I’ve always said that speech is my second language, so naturally I’m somewhat slang-shy; I love words all written down…
For God’s sake
A Protestant country is a free country
I’m sick of weak women being praised as ‘strong’
When I heard that the television pundit and all-round nepot Kelly Osbourne had gone into ‘food rehab’ upon gaining weight,…
Don’t do as I do, do as I say
A-Huff’s career has been remarkable for the contrast between hard-headed social advancement (‘the most upwardly mobile Greek since Icarus’) and…
I’m sick of weak women being praised as ‘strong’
When I heard that the television pundit and all-round nepot Kelly Osbourne had gone into ‘food rehab’ upon gaining weight,…
I’m sick of weak women being praised as ‘strong’
When I heard that the television pundit and all-round nepot Kelly Osbourne had gone into ‘food rehab’ upon gaining weight,…
The joy of less sex
I used to think nothing would ever be more important. I was wrong
The joy of being hated
I know it’s not for everyone, but an online bitch-fight is so bracing
‘A screaming, grievance-hawking shambles’
Welcome to feminism in the age of intersectionality
