A strictly fun weekend

A strictly fun weekend

My exotic mother Loula is visiting me this weekend. Her motto in life is to “live and love your life away”. Yet every time I speak to her on the phone, her last words are: “I must go and wash the kitchen floor”. She seems obsessed with washing...
Tea with Barbara Cartland

Tea with Barbara Cartland

I must confess I have never read a Mills & Boon book, yet 35 million bodice-ripping copies are sold every year – one every three second. This year marks the centenary of the publisher, and I was surprised to learn that its romance writers did not include the...
Are men discriminated against?

Are men discriminated against?

Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker made two references at yesterday’s sex trafficking conference expressing surprise at the zero media coverage following the launch of a new organisation called the Men’s Coalition. It aims to advise government and other...
My sex trafficking conference today

My sex trafficking conference today

I shall be working in London today at the CHASTE conference – Churches Alert to Sex Trafficking in Europe – where many authoritive speakers will give their valuable insights into this very topical and worrying issue. I’m delighted that the Press...