I can’t process women dying in crushes outside Kabul Airport, or news of gay men being murdered by the Taliban - I’m on a crap holiday in the rain. 

"I've to travel with a budget airline that allows a carry-on bag the size of a pencil case, or pay the equivalent of another seat to bring a change of clothes. Pencil case it is then. I can just wear all my clothes on top of each other."

"With oceans of information, however, comes tsunamis of stupid, because unlike monks with quills or publishing houses with slush piles, the internet is for everyone."

"You might just want to pull out a deckchair, angle it towards the window under a large houseplant, and start your own summer book club."

Bringing a novice camping can result in endless questions and quite a bit of panic.

Come on England. You can do better than this.

It has reached a point where disclosing whether you have been jabbed or not can influence how people respond to you

Our kitchen has become Central Perk, except without the sofa or the glamour

"With the possible exception of Roy Keane, who consistently presents as a furiously disappointed PE teacher, football punditry has elevated blokespeak"

Here is some more advice for all the middle aged men on dating websites