Nora Ephron

Marriage, motherhood and money: Show Don’t Tell, by Curtis Sittenfeld, reviewed

12 April 2025 9:00 am

Funny, smart stories explore the ‘stale’ married state, the anxieties of parenthood and the sweet-sour nature of female friendship. But do they go far enough?

I want Lorrie Moore to be my BFF

12 May 2018 9:00 am

Is there anything more depressing than the prospect of reading a writer’s collected essays, journalism and occasional pieces? Most of…

Diary

10 January 2015 9:00 am

I was once bundled into a police car in Palm Springs to explain why I didn’t have snow-tyres on my…