Get Closer

Hardcore made easy

Children are natives of the digital age, and we’re the unwelcome immigrants

Sarah’s rescue mission

At the sight of Sarah, the question seemed to form – why don’t more women get up... when women do get up, they wipe the floor

Sex, the teenglish way

Parents maintain a more hands-off approach, stick our heads in the sand and hope that it will all come out in the wash

Just a mo, I’m dusting this lovely glass ceiling

It is a very male take on things to think that everyone is chafing to spend their whole lives in an office

Welcome to the dodo club, Paxo

If I were a white British middle-class male with a young family I’d be grumpy too

It’s their life, not yours

The best investment that parents can make in their children’s future is to butt out and let them get on with it

One slap isn’t such a big deal

I have smacked my own children. I’m not proud of that, but then again I’m not particularly ashamed either

Goodbye to the country idyll

Knickers to your M&S, Sir Stuart

The problem with M&S is that the food is too expensive and the clothes are too cheap

Not tonight, not ever, sunshine

According to studies, one in three adult women reports suffering hypoactive sexual desire disorder, or "a headache" for short

Dark side of suburbia

The Entwistle murder case is a story the grimmest of film-makers would hesitate before consigning to celluloid

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