An office party is not, as is sometimes supposed, the Managing Director's chance to kiss the tea-girl. It is the tea-girl's chance to kiss the Managing Director (however bizarre an ambition this may seem to anyone who has seen the Managing Director face on).

A food is not necessarily essential just because your child hates it.

Things a mother should know: how to comfort a son without exactly saying Daddy was wrong.

Whereas a lot of men used to ask for conversation when they really wanted sex, nowadays they often feel obliged to ask for sex even when they really want conversation.

Children and zip fasteners do not respond to force ... except occasionally.

Why do born-again people so often make you wish they'd never been born the first time?

Spring makes everything look filthy.