Millions of people in rich countries are offered a free vaccine and refused it, while in poorer countries, millions are desperate for it, and can’t get their hands on it.

"At least you’ll get to hear all your favourite Christmas songs in the busy, busy shops. Over and over and over, at high volume. So festive!"

Christmas is a gift wrapped minefield

Britain and France squabble over fish, and who is responsible for what they are calling the ‘migrant’ ‘crisis’.

Suzanne Harrington's daughter is navigating uniquely Irish cultural riddles

"Instead of folding our arms and stubbornly refusing to even whisper the word ‘tinsel’ until at least the second week of December, we have allowed this imported idiocy to become a thing."

"Listen, I tell them, today I need your feedback. But they haven’t heard the words ‘walk’ or ‘biscuit’, so they ignore me."

"We’ve ditched the plastic bags, straws and coffee cups, maybe even gone vegan or got an electric car or stopped flying - so what more can we do, short of going off grid and upholstering ourselves in solar panels?"

"Even if you support a club based in one of the gayest towns in Europe – like Brighton & Hove Albion, with their rainbow merch and inclusive policies – there are no players queering the pitch."

Succession reminds me of an Einstein quote from 1949