“One Christmas build-up tradition, however, has totally bypassed me - that of going up to town and 'doing a show.'”
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When did women whose looks are not their living start conducting themselves like the simpering inmates of an Ottoman empire seraglio?
'Stress' was the catch-all every pamper-pedlar I spoke to used to explain why healthy women feel the need to be regularly patted, petted and preened into a state of babyish beatification.
When I moved out of London 13 years ago, I found a whole other reason not to drive. This was because my new husband Dan, unlike my dad, did drive, and this became a great source of fun and adventure.
I've never been nostalgic, personally or politically - if the past was so great, how come it's history?
