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
children looks flags
American patriotism is generally something that amuses Europeans, I suppose because children look idiotic saluting the flag and because the constitution contains so many cracks through which the lawyers may creep.
gdp feelings western
I wouldn't say when you've seen one Western you've seen the lot; but when you've seen the lot you get the feeling you've seen one.
party home men
The Life and Soul, the man who will never go home while there is one man, woman or glass of anything not yet drunk.
love heart people
I am all for people having their heart in the right place; but the right place for a heart is not inside the head.
men birth pity
It's a pity more men are not bastards by birth instead of vocation.
children overwhelmed married
Americans, indeed, often seem to be so overwhelmed by their children that they'll do anything for them except stay married to the co-producer.
cheer people want
In my next life I want to be a pessimist. Then other people could spend all their time cheering me up.
airports littles misery
As anyone who has ever fallen foul of an airport, a conventional hospital or a bad restaurant knows, misery is made up of little things ...
girl business party
An office party is not, as is sometimes supposed, the Managing Director's chance to kiss the tea-girl. It is the tea-girl's chance to kiss the Managing Director (however bizarre an ambition this may seem to anyone who has seen the Managing Director face on).
smoking doe pounds
Does anybody who gave up smoking to save a pound a week have a pound at the end of the week? Not on your life.
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.
money people insightful
The rule is not to talk about money with people who have much more or much less than you.
christmas letters return
a perfectly managed Christmas correct in every detail is, like basted inside seams and letters answered by return, a sure sign of someone who hasn't enough to do.