Thousands of screaming One Directioners - and mum

Absolutely no standing and no singing — how Barbara Scully fared as a chaperone mum at One Direction.

I spent Saturday in the company of feminists at the Markievicz School in Liberty Hall, Dublin, where we talked about ‘young women and feminism’.

I also spent Sunday in the company of young women. There wasn’t much discussion — but there was a lot of screaming.