Social class has worked for years. Born into the right family, go to the right schools, even if you're not super bright to start with, you'll turn out bright. You go to the right university, you get the right job, you have the right connections, you'll make it to the top. Job done, very efficient.Collection: Family
As parenting goes, knowing the whereabouts of one's children is pretty fundamental.Collection: Parenting
I hate cars that much, I don't even own one. The last one I bought was a Honda CR-V which I didn't even take for a test drive because I was so disinterested. But I love 'Top Gear.'Collection: Car
Cancer is a cruel killer. It creeps up on us when we aren't expecting it. But cake is not cancer. A doughnut does not creep up on you.
I think you can tell a great deal from a name. For me, there are certain names that I hear, and I think, 'Urgh.' For me, a name is a shortcut of finding out what class that child comes from and makes me ask, 'Do I want my children to play with them?'
It's good that fat schoolchildren are no longer bullied, but it's worrying if they feel it's OK to be large because no one is pointing it out.
Sending a text and not having to talk takes the pressure off. You are always in control of digital conversations.
Once you have conquered your profession and are standing at the summit, it is all very well to look back down the slope and indulge yourself with regrets.
I've always said when age or infirmity gets the better of me, I'm off to whichever civilised country lets the elderly die with dignity.
When the only thing you look forward to in life is lunch, you know you have had your just desserts, and it is time to call it a day.
I am proud to be called the Queen of Mean, and I never mince my words - especially when it comes to fat people.
While Corbyn would not enjoy the comparison, he and Farage are the same beast - with very different heads.
If you can afford to eat yourself fat, you can afford to pay to go to WeightWatchers if you think that is the answer.
Some of us have tough lives and find chocolate is a comfort and a friend. And some of us prefer a night on the sofa with Ant & Dec to hitting the gym. But whatever your excuse - and there is always an excuse - we are a nation of fatties.
When you own a car, you want to keep it looking good, maybe even give it a wash once a week. When you own a house, you try to keep it maintained and don't let the rot set in. When we own something, we look after it. We need to make the same choices with our bodies.
When you are bringing up your kids, you hope you have given them some sense of right and wrong, a sense of good and bad.
Ladies, I urge you never to buy a black bathroom suite. 'CBB' decided this would be glamorous. 'CBB' was wrong.
There are important rules in life - like not parking on yellow lines or stealing from your neighbour. But some rules are made to be broken.
Remembering servicemen and women who lost their lives for their country is not about you. It is not about your rights or what you believe in. It is about respect.
Scratch below the surface, and you will find I am a patriotic little thing, desperately proud to be part of this island nation.
The great thing about letting people be true to themselves is they often do very good things indeed.
Women are a strange thing. Like watches, houses, and cars, you really only need one at any moment in your life (French men disagree).
If you are confiding in someone, it needs to be the woman in your life. If that woman is your mother, you may as well scuttle back under her petticoats and let the real women in pencil skirts and tortuous heels get on with the job of husband-hunting.