I Feel I'm Trying To Get This

In My Third Husband I Had Discovered A Blissfully Laid-back Type Who Thought It Nothing Less Than Hilarious When I Misread The Map On The Way To Wales, So It Took Us An Extra Three Hours, Or When I Was Sick In A Plastic Carrier Bag During Much Of The Drive Back From Devon - A Bag That Turned Out To Have A Hole In It.

I Believe, Literally, In The God Of The Old Testament, Whom I Understand As The Lord Of The Jews And The Protestants. I'm A Christian Zionist, As Well As A Christian Feminist And A Christian Socialist.

When I Started At The Guardian, Though, I Couldnt Think Of Anything We Saw Eye To Eye On, Except Feminism, And Even This Would Soon Be Arguable As Guardian Writers Queued Up To Drool Over Eminem.

Whenever I Am Sent A New Book On The Lively Arts, The First Thing I Do Is Look For Myself In The Index.

I Don't Really Care What People Tell Children - When You Believe In Santa Claus, The Easter Bunny And The Tooth Fairy, One More Fib Won't Hurt. But I Am Infuriated By The Growing Notion, Posited In Some Touchy-feely Quarters, That All Women Are, Or Can Be, Beautiful.