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‘Jewellery advent calendars are deeply vulgar and, I’m sorry to say, a tiny bit common’
Nativity scenes may be boring – but sex toys and cat treats aren’t what you’d call festive
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I went to a brilliant girls’ school and loved it – but we weren’t taught about hot flushes or ISAs
From plumbing to fertility to financial advice, there are many life skills that a top-flight education should equip us with
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It’s easy to focus on XL Bullies but Britain’s real dog problem is much bigger than that
Too many people who don’t know enough about dogs think they should have one
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Must even Scottish country dancers panic because they’re not woke enough?
An event at which men in skirts dance the Gay Gordons is hardly in need of reform
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I spent the first night of the Rugby World Cup on a cruise ship with Mike Tindall
I might not fully understand how the sport is played but why let that get in the way?
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I joined thousands of strangers in The Queue – and found friends for life
As we waited all night and day to pay respects to Queen Elizabeth, bonds were forged over the shared understanding that this was momentous
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The day I met Mohamed al-Fayed – his staff did warn me he’d want to make me his wife
I may not have had to field a marriage proposal, but I did get a Harrods goody bag
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Is boarding school really such a terrible experience? I quite enjoyed it
A new book claims that some pupils had a ‘distressing’ time – but I remember laughing for seven years straight, bar the odd exam
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Why I’m delighted that Carrie Johnson is becoming an Instagram influencer
Her posts are palatable and wholesome – and even yours truly features on her feed
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Funny, industrious, honest and kind – it’s time to look at Fergie in a whole new light
The duchess’s ability to poke fun at her cancer diagnosis is frankly inspiring
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Cornwall is so passé – all the poshest people are heading to divine Devon
I was one of those tearaway teens trying to snog a prince. At least I grew out of that
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You don’t need good weather for a wedding – just the right people (and a chimney sweep)
‘We had rain on our wedding day and we’ve been together for 35 years,’ a family friend texted my sister
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Bonkers hereditary peers are easy to mock, but I'd take them over the new intake of life peers any day
Yes, Lord Palmer owned a silver-plated staircase… but at least he did some work
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Watch the sport? Are you joking? The whole point of summer sporting events is the drinks
Punters should be able to kick back and have a laugh – especially when rain stops play
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‘The properly posh would never clink their glasses and say cheers’
Sophia Money-Coutts explains why she often finds herself hamstrung by convention if glasses are raised when drinking with friends
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Is it acceptable to ask your hosts to charge your car? And other EV etiquette dilemmas
When I arrived at my friend's seaside cottage with eight per cent battery, I faced a tricky situation
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