Being boring is just wrong, isn't it? You wouldn't have got anywhere being boring. Rachel Johnson borewrong Change image and share on social
I do not think that having children - I have three teenagers - keeps you young. The reverse. It thrusts you into a full-frontal confrontation with your own all-too-obvious maturity. Rachel Johnson childconfrontationfrontal Change image and share on social
People always say there's no such thing as bad publicity, and you always think they're right, because it seems self-evident: nobody's going to buy a magazine that nobody ever talks about, so people should want to buy a magazine that everybody's talking about. Rachel Johnson badbuyevident share on social
Without my Johnson trademark mop of yellow hair, I think I would be nothing. Rachel Johnson hairjohnsonmop Change image and share on social
With so many forty- and fifty something mums and dads in Converse stalking the streets, I can see why there's a slew of books about the menopause and middle age, the most recent addition being David Bainbridge's plucky, glass-half-full meditation or, as he calls it, 'natural history.' Rachel Johnson additionagebainbridge share on social
Our parents provided us with the essentials, then got on with their own lives. Which makes me realise that my parents were brilliant, not for what they did, but more for what they didn't do. Rachel Johnson brilliantessentiallive Change image and share on social
There was a time when no difficult subjects were ever aired in the 'Lady', and sadly, life isn't like that. Rachel Johnson airdifficultlady Change image and share on social
English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness. Rachel Johnson americanbackdifference share on social
If there's anything worse than being 16, it's having parents visibly reliving their own teenage years in your anguished presence. Rachel Johnson anguishbadlyparent Change image and share on social
Don't worry about never having time to write. Just write what you can in the time you do have and give yourself a big clap on the back, followed by a double latte and a blueberry muffin. Rachel Johnson backbigblueberry Change image and share on social