The Big Apple

It’s girlie-nomics, chaps

What we saw in the shops last month, as prices went up and we all felt poorer, was a textbook example of "girlie-nomics"

Why Kate Middleton should work

A job for Prince William's girlfriend would protect her from being in a gilded cage and be good palace PR to boot

Sex and the sniping

I applaud the women who have come out and declared their real as opposed to their celebrity ages in print

Where the Queen went wrong with Hello!

This whole PR fiasco could have been avoided with one simple stroke of the royal quill on the royal chequebook

Don’t mess with abortion

Women don’t have terminations at five months because they suddenly want to get into a pair of white skinny jeans; they are desperate

Bounce and be damned

Parents should be encouraging children to take risks, but the case of a boy injured while on a bouncy castle will deter them

My brother, the mayor

I know this sounds awfully Oprah but it really was quite moving at times to campaign for him

Doting daddy and jihadi

If the Quilliam Foundation can change any potential bomber’s mind, then it is worth a try

Not so vital vitamins

There’s probably enough vitamin C for your whole day’s intake in one chip and vitamin deficiency is almost unknown in this country, so do...

The ego marathon

Marathon men and women fall into three categories: exercise-orexics, slack bobs and professional athletes

Always up for a Cleggover

There’s rarely too much sex in our lives, so why are we women so wary about admitting what we get up to?

They’re not all hoodies

This generation of children has never had it so good. But I don’t see that making the cover of Time magazine

In praise of bad girls

Girls are not heaped with praise for acting out or challenging orthodoxies and conventions in the same way that boys are

Still a long way to go, girls

It is a business nostrum that when the going gets tough, women lose out

Can older women really look younger?

We long to be told we look decades younger. But we should only blame ourselves for feeling the pressure of ageing

A green battle at home

The greener-than-thou row is all-encompassing. Every decision you make can be very green, somewhat green or not green at all

Trust me, fashion sucks

One woman is taking on an entire industry – an industry that appears to depend on Third World production, eating disorders and exploitation for...