Commissioned by the Mail on Sunday July 2nd 1998 A year ago we had supermodel Elle McPherson bringing her five and a half month bump to the opening of her trendy Fashion Café clad in a skin-tight black gown. Not wearing a yurt, you notice, but...

Published in The Guardian June 15th 1999 Is fining boys £5 a week when they impregnate a teenage girl going to become this country's most effective new contraceptive or not? Setting the Child Support Agency on older males has already proved somewhat of a mixed blessing. Now the...

Published by You Magazine, the Mail on Sunday June 13th 2000 MEN DIFFER When William Hague flew off on his recent honeymoon, there was one unspoken question. Would the leader of the Tories require hours of love on a bed of crushed violets? Every new bride is...

Published in The Independent 7th February 2005 I think that some element of restraint and discipline is a virtue. As the saying goes: “To feast you must fast and to fast, you must feast”. However, with Ramadan and Lent I think Muslims and Christians are having too much...

Published in The Times February 12th 2005 This year my partner and I will celebrate 30 years of living in sin. In fact we’ve been happily unmarried for so long that I am thinking of applying for heritage status with the Office of National Statistics. According to official figures...

Published in The Times 31st December 2005 1. According to Naomi Campbell, supermodels do not get out of bed for less than £10,000. What’s the minimum daily wage you’d accept to work as a hospital cleaner? [Tick one] a) £0-£50 a day b) £51-£1,000 a day c) £10,001-£100,000 a day 2. A famous...