Celia Walden

Anyone who has read it understands why it’s a classic – why its themes remain relevant 93 years on, and how the social stereotypes George Orwell challenges in Down and Out in Paris and London must continue to be challenged.

Rosamund Pike got a standing ovation for publicly shaming a theatregoer for texting during the finale of her West End play.

"This could be sensitive," the alert on my iPhone warned. "Are you sure you want to view?" I don't think I've ever been so excited in all my life.

“Can you at least wait until we’re outside to do that?” my daughter pleads as we pick up our takeaway coffees from the café counter, and she spots my right hand digging into my bag.

I've never been a fan of circuses. Even before I was old enough to be disturbed by the ethical issues, I would find them too loud and too bright.

If there's one sure way to stop me gossiping forever, it's the unlikely headline: “People who spread rumours have a reproductive advantage, study finds.”

“Whenever I find myself worrying about becoming too successful,” deadpans Lord Young of Acton, a twitch at the corner of his mouth threatening to

Three weeks ago, I watched two children on a packed Southern Railway train mainline a mountain of junk food. Under the watchful eye of their parents, they moved from Wine Gums to bacon mayo subs to some sort of biohazardous cheese puff, spray-painted the colour of Donald Trump’s epidermis.

Three weeks ago, I watched two children on a packed Southern Railway train mainline a mountain of junk food. Under the watchful eye of their parents, they moved from Wine Gums to bacon mayo subs to so...

Imagine, just for a second, that you joined the force for honourable reasons. (In the current febrile climate, we do need to remind ourselves how often this happens.) Imagine that you’ve chosen to ded...