Lindsay Nicholson

Why no mum should go on her daughter's hen do: By LINDSAY NICHOLSON, who lived to regret it

The vodka shots were lined up in front of the bride-to-be. The assembled hens were consulting their phones for a drinking game called 'Mr & Mrs' where the bride is quizzed on how well she knows the groom, sinking a shot for every answer she gets…

What's the oldest item in your wardrobe? Five writers reveal their most cherished clothing

In 2016 the oldest dress in the world was found to be an ancient bundle of rags discovered in an Egyptian tomb more than a century ago; a simple pleated V-neck shirt thought to be a portion of what was once likely a floor-length Tarkhan dress. While…

LINDSAY NICHOLSON: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's cry struck deep into every mother's soul

Yesterday morning I was making breakfast, radio on, when I heard a sound that moved me to my core, a visceral, almost animalistic cry. Before I knew it, I was sobbing my heart out. Goodness knows there has been enough in the news lately to have us…

My husband's affair destroyed me: A story of divorce and renewal

Five years ago — on Valentine’s Day of all days — I had an appointment with my oncologist. It was good news. After ten years of treatment for breast cancer, he told me that I was — well, not exactly cured, oncologists don’t use that word — but as…

As the iconic oven turns 100... The truth about Agas: They look better than they cook

The house in rural Ireland I visited every year when my daughter was small had a range cooker which burned turf from peat bogs. It must have been 50 years old even then, but provided all the heating and hot water for our traditional cottage. It was…

Day we tested sex aids at Good Housekeeping

Sometime in the early 2000s, I was sitting in my corner office overlooking London’s Carnaby Street when my PA announced a call from New York. It was midday in London, 7am in New York. This wouldn’t be good news. A very senior executive at our parent…

As Prue Leith hints she will drop the term from her catchphrase... Is calorie the new C-word?

NO By Lindsay Nicholson At the weekend, I got together with my mother and daughter. We ate in the garden to be Covid-safe, so no roast and healthy veggies for us. Instead, we gorged on our favourite finger-foods: smoked salmon sandwiches, sausage…

LINDSAY NICHOLSON: The Royals have let an impressive woman slip through their fingers

Usually it's not difficult to spot a Royal bride on a visit to an urban community centre. She might not be wearing a tiara, but there could well be a hat and clutch, even gloves, and flunkies whose job it is to make sure only a favoured few get close…

When did the menopause become the moanopause? A despairing LINDSAY NICHOLSON laments

There’s a sinister epidemic stalking some of our most beloved female celebrities. Broadcaster Emma Freud, 58, reports being laid so low by it she asked her doctor to test her for dementia; Davina McCall, 52, recently confessed on Loose Women: ‘It…

Families forced to be apart this Mother's Day

The teddies did it for me. When she moved out of our family home, my daughter, Hope, then aged 26, placed each of her childhood cuddly toys around the house, as if to watch over me. The bear I had brought home from Harrods on Christmas Eve when she…

Would you want to reach out to a child you'd lost? Technology helped a Korean mother 'reconnect' with an image of her seven-year-old daughter after she died. Now two writers who've also grieved for daughters give their verdicts...

Korean show, 'Meeting You', recreated a virtual version of a woman's daughter Mother Jang Ji-sung 'meets' her little girl Nayeon, who died four years ago Two writers who have lost their own daughters have given their verdicts No one could dispute it…

Lindsay Nicholson

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Millennials are right to have fun and work less - I wish I had

On a crowded train, I had no choice but to listen to the phone conversation being conducted by a florid-looking man in a shiny suit, who – it soon became apparent to the whole compartment - was conducting a job interview. I was wondering how his life…

My daughter is running the London Marathon for her sister and the father she never knew

Too early even for the dogs to stir, the front door of our home opens and closes as my daughter Hope goes out for a training run on the canal tow path near our home. The long hours she works as a chef make evening workouts difficult to schedule so,…

Physics does have a women problem – and it's not rocket science to work out why

In all honesty, I only opted to study Astrophysics at university to annoy the nuns at my convent school. The joke was on me because after my moment of rebellion I had to knuckle down to three years of the Big Bang and Quantum Theory – explained via…

Recipes from Grenfell: how cooking – and secret visits from the Duchess of Sussex – brought comfort to a community in crisis

RECIPES BELOW Aysha Bora’s coconut chicken curry Leila Hedjem’s baked fish with tahini and pomegranate Gurmit Kaur’s aubergine masala Ahlam Saeid’s green rice Ahlam Saeid’s rainbow roasted vegetables Faiza Hayani Bellili’s caramelised plum…

Recipes from Grenfell: how cooking – and secret visits from the Duchess of Sussex – brought comfort to a community in crisis

RECIPES BELOW Aysha Bora’s coconut chicken curry Leila Hedjem’s baked fish with tahini and pomegranate Gurmit Kaur’s aubergine masala Ahlam Saeid’s green rice Ahlam Saeid’s rainbow roasted vegetables Faiza Hayani Bellili’s caramelised plum…

Are the middle classes falling out of love with John Lewis?

I nipped in to my local Waitrose yesterday. Not a full-scale shopping trip – just a top-up of those middle-class essentials: Greek yoghurt, almond milk, blueberries and moth repellent. It’s one of the flagship stores, blissfully cool in the heatwave…

Are the middle classes falling out of love with John Lewis?

I nipped in to my local Waitrose yesterday. Not a full-scale shopping trip – just a top-up of those middle-class essentials: Greek yoghurt, almond milk, blueberries and moth repellent. It’s one of the flagship stores, blissfully cool in the heatwave…

Theresa May at 60: Is this the most dangerous age for a woman?

The clerk at the Booking Office seemed underwhelmed as I confirmed my date of birth. Not even a flicker. He might at least have – jokily – intimated I was lying about my age to get a reduction on train travel. But no, he just stamped my Senior…