We have been infantilised. Wash your hands, don’t eat sweets, no outdoor games. Wear your masks, bend that knee. Comply. Conform. It has been a bossy year. Supermarket Tannoys told shoppers they were heroes, simply for standing 6ft apart and then said they couldn’t buy tampons because those were ‘non-essential items’. Ministers, officials and scientists … Read more
Posh people always say that ‘having staff’ takes some getting used to. Apparently, it’s all to do with breeding and knowing exactly where to draw the line. Employers must not be too imperious but should steer clear of being over-familiar. Absolute tosh, of course. Having met several Royal butlers, my worry would be the huge … Read more
On Thursday, Kylie Jenner and sister Kendall got into a physical altercation while in the car with Kris Jenner’s boyfriend Corey Gamble during a family outing. And hours after the dramatic fight aired on their reality show, Kylie Jenner stepped out in a printed cut-out dress, which she teased on her Instagram stories. On Friday, … Read more
Artist David Hockney lays into ‘bossy boots’ Boris Johnson’s anti-obesity junk food, alcohol and smoking crackdown – saying ‘you might live to 104… but call that living?’ Artists David Hockney, 83, has criticised the government’s plan to cut obesity Yesterday it was revealed that two thirds of UK adults are above a health weight Mr … Read more
Let us not lose our Britishness, and forget who we are, in the midst of this crisis. We are after all a people who have endured many troubled times, and grown in freedom and in civilisation as a result. This is a new sort of threat, from a creeping, silent and invisible virus, not an … Read more