Katharine Whitehorn
Katharine Whitehorn
Katharine Elizabeth Whitehorn CBEis a British journalist, writer, and columnist who is known for her wit and humour and as a keen observer of the changing role of women...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionJournalist
british-actor defensive divide hats offensive three
Hats divide into three classes: offensive hats, defensive hats, and shrapnel.
blow wind intelligence
The wind of change, whatever it is, blows most freely through an open mind ...
gowns awful comfort
There's comfort to an awful old dressing-gown a pretty peignoir is powerless to provide, and aging bra elastic, is, I suspect, as near to liberation as most women ever get.
giving-up men iron
It might be marvelous to be a man - then I could stop worrying about what's fair to women and just cheerfully assume I was superior, and that they had all been born to iron my shirts. Better still, I could be an Irish man - then I would have all the privileges of being male without giving up the right to be wayward, temperamental and an appealing minority.
sore-throat good-listener talkers
A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.
sports boys thinking
I used to think the only use for sport was to give small boys something else to kick besides me.
marriage interesting drs
A good marriage is like Dr Who's Tardis: small and banal from the outside but spacious and interesting from within.
weed next come-up
Next and hardy annuals are the ones that never come up at all.
sex men want
Whereas a lot of men used to ask for conversation when they really wanted sex, nowadays they often feel obliged to ask for sex even when they really want conversation.
smart book reading
It has long been my boast that I can read or eat anything. But unfortunately, although I eat like a Hoover, I read so slowly that I am always on the smart book three years after everyone else has finished.
wedding nice men
No nice men are good at getting taxis.
sports dark umpires
I cannot for the life of me see why the umpires, the only two people on a cricket field who are not going to get grass stains on their knees, are the only two people allowed to wear dark trousers.
witty children zips
Children and zip fasteners do not respond to force ... except occasionally.
bores-you heaven hell
In hell they will bore you, in heaven you will bore them.