Age before beauty
Age before beauty makes no sense. If our society valued growing old over looking young, magazines like Best would carry…
Weight loss – simply the BEST
Have you ever stumbled upon a magazine called ‘Best’? You’ll find it in every low-grade supermarket next to the crossword…
I’m sorry you’ve lost your mother: they make it sound like I’ve left her in another room
My mother has passed away. At 1.30 this morning, I woke. My husband, too. He trailed downstairs to her temporary bedroom,…
Death: Don’t try this at home
My mother has been dying for 47 days and yet everyone who visits insists she looks better. They hover by…
Testicular cancer: Few dinner parties pass without me tossing my scrotum into the conversation
Last year, around 2,300 British men were told they had testicular cancer. That’s more than six every day. The number…