Chancellors have long been known to keep one last trick up their sleeves on Budget Day so that, at the end of… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
Whatever age we die, we will cost the NHS money. It's the dying, not the ageing, that racks up the medical bills.… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
The unpalatable truth is that many people don't feel it's worth their while to live long and healthily. — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
The British etiquette for queueing behaviour has long been established: mutter, shake your head but stay quiet. — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
As a middle-class woman living in the South-east of England, I have a better chance of living a long life than almost… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
The honest, simple truth is that, by and large, rich people take better care of their health than poor people do because… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
While we like to think queueing is unique to British culture, the truth is that we are mere amateurs. The old Soviet Union turned… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
I have the most wonderful childhood memories of holidays in the golden age before foreign package holidays were even a glint in Michael O'Leary's… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
Some of my most vivid childhood memories involve cards: loud, energetic, often brutally competitive games of racing demon, played at high speed and in… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
The idea that laws don't apply to the law-makers is for despotic regimes. — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
If ever there was a sign that normal life really is about to resume, it is the annual trip to buy new school shoes. — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
I'm far less bothered by on screen stars earning the big bucks than the legions of middle management behind the scenes at the BBC… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
Sure, for a one-to-one chat about life, the universe and everything, give me a woman. But when it comes to a group gathering, whether… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
Courage shows itself in many different ways. A soldier heading off to war, a freedom fighter giving their life, or even a nurse braving… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
The 'HIGNFY' line-up often consists of four male comedians and one lone female TV presenter who barely says a word. Lo and behold, everyone… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
I am a big fan of Jeremy Clarkson and I love watching him on TV and reading his various columns. I think he's funny… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
I didn't start trying for my first baby until I was 36 - partly because of my career and partly because I had not… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
