http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/ Valerie Hill columnist for The Liverpool Daily Post gives her views on the latest news. en-gb Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/08/01/gordon-s-leisure-style-puts-fashionistas-in-a-spin-64375-21449007/ Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:28:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/08/01/gordon-s-leisure-style-puts-fashionistas-in-a-spin-64375-21449007/ POOR old Gordon Brown. He can’t do right for doing wrong. If it’s not his endogenous growth theory going awry, it’s now his dress sense that’s all to pot. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/07/18/it-s-not-winning-but-taking-part-that-matters-64375-21362899/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/07/18/it-s-not-winning-but-taking-part-that-matters-64375-21362899/ AT THIS time of year, most mums and dads will be camping out at their kids’ school. The demands of required parental support at sports day, prize- giving and the end of term play mean that most of us may as well take our beds and camp there. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/07/11/good-taste-never-goes-out-of-fashion-64375-21323300/ Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/07/11/good-taste-never-goes-out-of-fashion-64375-21323300/ NOSTALGIA isn’t what it used to be, as the saying goes. And as Beatles Day came and went, passing me by in an insipid haze, I muse on what it is that makes us linger longer over lost decades. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/07/04/it-should-be-as-plain-as-the-ventilation-facility-on-your-visage-old-chap-64375-21226601/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/07/04/it-should-be-as-plain-as-the-ventilation-facility-on-your-visage-old-chap-64375-21226601/ AS A bit of a Jane Austen-wallah, I am probably rather over-tuned to the nuance of speech, but realise I do have to force myself to make concessions to the 19th, 20th and now, heaven forbid, the 21st century. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/06/20/valerie-hill-more-is-less-when-you-want-to-impress-64375-21109600/ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/06/20/valerie-hill-more-is-less-when-you-want-to-impress-64375-21109600/ EVERYONE knows that a woman’s place is in the wrong, whether it’s Joan Rivers being hauled off the Loose Women set for using expletives which weren’t deleted, or Ulrika Jonsson for flaunting her latest offspring in the celeb mags. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/06/13/we-have-nothing-to-fear-but-fear-itself-64375-21067372/ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/06/13/we-have-nothing-to-fear-but-fear-itself-64375-21067372/ WE ALL have them, even if we’re frightened to admit to them. Fears, that is. As they say, tell us your phobias and we’ll tell you what you’re afraid of. Friday the 13th? Oh, don't be so irrational. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/06/06/changing-times-of-the-british-sandal-and-sock-brigade-64375-21032521/ Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/06/06/changing-times-of-the-british-sandal-and-sock-brigade-64375-21032521/ ARE we British really the worst tourists in the world? What about those Americans who are under the possibly true impression that they rule the world? http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/05/30/valerie-hill-give-kids-a-chance-most-deserve-it-64375-20995567/ Thu, 29 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/05/30/valerie-hill-give-kids-a-chance-most-deserve-it-64375-20995567/ OVER the last few weeks, we have read of some horrific crimes against innocent youngsters doing nothing more than going out and about enjoying themselves in their local area. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/05/23/our-children-s-future-is-now-in-the-balance-64375-20963032/ Thu, 22 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/05/23/our-children-s-future-is-now-in-the-balance-64375-20963032/ DO WE need dads? It’s a thorny question given the huge change in the social and gender revolution. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/05/16/oxfam-trades-in-its-hand-me-down-image-64375-20919237/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/05/16/oxfam-trades-in-its-hand-me-down-image-64375-20919237/ IT’S so much a part of British folk culture that the Oxfam look is shorthand for a complete lifestyle. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/05/02/idealism-is-wasted-on-the-young-64375-20851402/ Thu, 01 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/05/02/idealism-is-wasted-on-the-young-64375-20851402/ WHEN I was a feminist in short socks, I blithely pronounced to all who had an hour or ten to spare that I was ready to take on anybody, anything and conquer the world. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/04/25/the-great-british-battle-axe-sharp-and-very-good-at-her-job-64375-20817726/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/04/25/the-great-british-battle-axe-sharp-and-very-good-at-her-job-64375-20817726/ IS THE great British battle-axe yet another entity practically extinct in this land, which was once famous for being filled with independent-minded individuals and eccentrics? http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/04/18/valerie-hill-end-of-a-way-of-life-64375-20782303/ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/04/18/valerie-hill-end-of-a-way-of-life-64375-20782303/ IF THE answer lies in the soil, what’s the question? Well, one that is worth asking is what is happening to community life in the countryside? http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/03/07/we-have-to-give-children-freedom-64375-20571775/ Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/03/07/we-have-to-give-children-freedom-64375-20571775/ TELL me, am I being a molly-coddling middle- class mother, stifling the youthful flowering of my sons? http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/02/22/woofers-and-tweeters-just-don-t-do-it-for-me-64375-20508896/ Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/02/22/woofers-and-tweeters-just-don-t-do-it-for-me-64375-20508896/ APPARENTLY, not only are women from Venus and men from Mars, but their fundamental differences are reflected in the music they like. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/02/15/home-sweet-home-and-clean-laundry-64375-20478620/ Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/02/15/home-sweet-home-and-clean-laundry-64375-20478620/ HALF-TERM once again brings moans from my sons of “We’re bored”, and irritated retorts from me of “Only boring people are ever bored”. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/02/08/thong-market-hits-rock-bottom-64375-20450647/ Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/02/08/thong-market-hits-rock-bottom-64375-20450647/ I’VE always regarded thongs in the same way as red underwear. No women in a sane state of mind would actually buy them herself to wear. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/02/01/food-really-does-grow-on-trees-you-know-64375-20426287/ Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:59:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/02/01/food-really-does-grow-on-trees-you-know-64375-20426287/ EATING food is no longer the norm in the Western World, according to a new book. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/01/25/m-s-getting-slack-in-their-supporting-role-64375-20392907/ Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:01:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/01/25/m-s-getting-slack-in-their-supporting-role-64375-20392907/ IN THIS age of rampant consumerism, I’m in a not very enviable position. One day, I’ll be able to tell my as yet unborn grandchildren that I can remember when Marks & Spencer never advertised its wares. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/01/18/sweet-dreams-are-made-of-this-64375-20364437/ Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/01/18/sweet-dreams-are-made-of-this-64375-20364437/ TO SLEEP, perchance to dream, has always been one of the goals in my life, as opposed to sleep perchance to be woken up by a child with a tummy ache or a snoring husband.