The past few years have been all about the joy of streamlining your life. In 2015, Marie Kondo topped bestseller charts all over the world with her book The Life-Changing… Read more You can’t ask me that: Why ‘Who’s getting the house?’ doesn’t have to be painful →
“Going anywhere nice this year?” was always the second question a hairdresser asked. Right after the classic “who did this cut then?”, delivered while examining your grown-out layers with a… Read more You can’t ask me that: Going anywhere nice this year? →
Even for the native speaker, the English language is full of pitfalls. There are hundreds of seemingly innocuous words and phrases that can mark you out as the wrong sort… Read more You can’t ask me that: Why asking ‘how are you’ isn’t as easy as it seems. →
Do you fancy a drink? I know I do. October is my birthday month and ordinarily I’d be spending most of it using being another year older as an excuse… Read more You can’t ask me that: Why it’s best to think twice before asking ‘Fancy a drink?’ →
Is the glass half empty or half full? In these turbulent times, when the news is nearly always bad, it can seem as though to be optimistic is to be… Read more You can’t ask me that: Do you see the cup as half empty or half full? →
When it comes to questions you should never ask if you value your life, then “Is it that time of the month?” directed at any woman of your acquaintance has to… Read more You can’t ask me that: Why it’s never ok to ask someone if it’s that time of the month. →
It’s 20 years ago today since Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? first appeared on British television screens. Hosted by Chris Tarrant, the show, which was created by David Briggs, Mike… Read more You can’t ask me that: Who wants to be a millionaire? →
It’s been a big year for spiders. The dry warm weather has seen back garden plants festooned with the kind of elaborate webs you just can’t build if it’s raining… Read more You can’t ask me that: What is it you’re really afraid of? →