PHEW.

La la la...I love Girls...do de do...I love Lindy....da da da...loving this post...skreeeeeeeeeeeeeetch

"Overrated" - that's funny...as I remember it, that's exactly the word my mother used. I'd never been interested in kids, but there was always that voice in the back of my head saying 'But what if you're missing out on the greatest thing about life?' As soon as she said that though, it was like a huge weight had been…

Gotcha. Yes, a friend once said to my husband that he couldn't believe we'd stayed together for 18 years without children; he confessed he would have left his wife years ago if they didn't have kids :(

Yes, good point. My mum advised me against having children, but she waited until I was an adult to tell me. I feel nothing but gratitude to her for being honest about it.

If you don't already have things to do together and talk about, your relationship is doomed; children will only make a bad situation worse for everybody (including the kids.)

It's a myth that having children is a magic bullet that will fulfill everyone. I wish more parents would admit it.

Well, I'm glad he took those photographs. It shattered a whole lot of misconceptions about domestic abuse, started a national discussion about the subject (in the UK, at least), and arguably provided the final straw for Nigella to get out of that awful relationship.

Yet more evidence that no one cool goes to music festivals any more.

Seconded. She is awesome. See also: Fiona Apple.

Me either - so great to be reminded of how brilliant she is. I'll be listening to her all day now :)

Warning: nit-picky copy-editing query below:

MOAR KATE BUSH!

Fancied a change.

Huge Kate Bush fan. Loved this! Love this guy!

Um, no thanks.