"I would love to own a dog, but somehow a dog is just not me. I've always had the distinct impression..." — Susanna Reid

There's no greater challenge, for most parents, than letting a growing teen go out into the world, knowing he is exposed to risk, but that it is also your duty to let him go.

When it comes to the great either/or of pet ownership, I am definitely a cat person.

After chatting happily to people all morning in my professional life, I prefer to spend quiet nights in, punctuated only by the occasional grunted demand for food from a passing teenager.

Marathon runner Sophie Raworth is always trying to get me to put my running shoes back on, but I can't match her for fitness.