The author of maid finally hires one

A woman online has admitted feeling ‘upset’ after a friend started tidying her home without asking. So, we ask…

Dim the lights, turn off your phones and get your coughing out of the way – because the performance is about to begin. Performance cleaning, that is. The kind you do when people are coming to visit an

Jess Shannon Cleaner 240pp. Bedford Square. £14.99. The ...

Helen Harris always enjoyed her afternoon tea with Martha Evert, and as she knocked on the door carrying a treat of two chocolate muffins, she looked forward to an hour or two of catching up with her

Four views of modern maternity

DO YOU TAKE ON THE LION’S SHARE OF FESTIVE TASKS? I am very lucky – my husband is a thoroughly modern man. He cooks, takes out the bins and dotes on our kids. He even buys a lot of the presents. But I