The Rant Mistress

As ever, whenever a celebrity dies, especially when they die young, suddenly and tragically, the internet comes alive with the inevita...

It starts out as a seemingly harmless thing that most of us have heard from our parents or grandparents: "Young people today! The...

In 1982, I was six years old and we lived in a cul-de-sac called Nicholi Crescent in Wagga Wagga, Australia. Everyone knew each other ...

"Get Brexit done!" That's what cut through at this election as swathes of once-safe Labour seats fell to the Conservative ...

This blog post should be filed squarely under "I cannot believe this even needs to be said" but here we go... Yesterday, M...

We got home in the early hours of this morning from a brilliant holiday on the Greek island of Rhodes. Everywhere we went, my Austra...

Dead cat: Apparently coined by political strategist, Lynton Crosby, it is something said or done to draw attention away from unpleasan...

                                      I'm an immigrant. I was not born in the UK, my passport says I'm Australian. But I have ind...

The news cycle since last Thursday has been more unedifying than usual. Perhaps it is naive to expect that people would largely agre...

Alexandra Pepper has led a charmed life of immense privilege. She was born into a large, lively, wealthy family and never really wan...