I asked my partner to marry me in 2004, (after having lived together for 9 years). It was on February 29 and there’s a tradition in the UK for women to propose on the extra day in a leap year, so it didn’t feel weird. However we are still engaged after all this time, mainly because we are both too lazy to arrange a…

Murder, like any violent crime, victimised more than just the direct recipient of the act. The spouse, child or parent of a murder victim is left traumatised for life by their loss and the manner of it. So yes, the casual and gratuitous depiction of murder is just as serious as the casual and gratuitous depiction of…

Godfrey Bloom was a member of a fringe far right shock-party. He was not an elected representative of any of the main 3 parties, as are the Republican presidential hopefuls. A bit of a stretch to compare them, but if it makes you feel better, knock yourself out.

As you say, he is entitled to his views. He’s just not entitled to hold them unopposed.

They’re part of the Royal Family. It’s basically their jobs to smile, wave, open things, make speeches and gladhand their way around. If she’d had a difficult birth or other health issues she wouldn’t be appearing. Not keen on the constant scrutiny of her appearance, but she seems like a secure, confident young woman…

I appreciated Grey Gardens, as a portrait of part of a broken family who had been abandoned and left to rot, but also as a memorial to two fascinating women who would have been entirely forgotten by the world if the documentary didn't exist.