At least they are deriving some small amount of style inspiration from actual human beings

For the Eurovision and international sporting competitions, you can’t have a rolling beauty contest where only ‘approved’ countries can take part

Interesting economic and philosophical questions, and the cost, are what have largely prevented holiday art purchases by Herself

They are loud and boisterous and invariably carry a portable music device which thuds sounds through the carriage, startling everyone

NCT testing couldn’t be more classist... all too often it’s expensive bad news. There’s humiliation too

To be suddenly presented with a choice, to not do something I had been doing every Sunday of my life, felt distinctly weird

There are groups for family, friends, colleagues, other colleagues who want to bitch about the colleagues in the first group

The couple can have spent years, and tens of thousands of euro, in an effort to produce a day that is fairytale perfect

Globally, about 380,000 babies arrived on the same day as Granddaughter Number Two. A fifth were born into poverty

Family environment makes me think of the opening line of John McGahern’s Amongst Women

On a plane, Herself felt I should surrender my seat or offer to be strapped to the wing. I wasn’t so keen

Any parent, in their more honest don’t-say-it-out-loud moments, will admit that looking after kids can be boring

An alteration to the timing of my column has caused a level of chaos, but luckily I’ve been able to stuff those worries deep into my psyche

Modern Irish restaurants are mostly fabulous, but what’s distinctly Irish about them?

Angry men can rattle off all sorts of reasons for their fury, yet increasingly, the reasons are becoming less important