I'm the co-chair of the PTA at my kids' school, Ashmount Primary, in north Islington, London.

I don't think I've got the expertise with which to nit-pick, and I freely admit that my motivation to support charities has been emotional, rather than as a result of being particularly well informed as to how the money is used.

If there's one thing I know, it's this - everybody thinks somebody else is having a better life.

I dont understand boys - just ask my husband.

There is so much that is positive, wonderful even, about state schools. At a state school your kids will learn to live alongside and appreciate other kids from many diverse and different cultures.

The crushing, pitiful, and frequently just plain risible pathos of an unsuccessful actor/performer's life is well charted.

If one's honest about it, spending time in a car with children is pretty ghastly.