The French Republic is built on a strict separation of church and state, intended to foster equality for all private beliefs rather than stigmatise any religion. Secularism is one of the few issues that unites left, right and the far-right of Marine Le Pen. At the heart is the rule that any state worker in the public service must be impartial and neutral, and so cannot show their religious belief with an outward symbol such as a headscarf. (Chrisafis, 2013).

"A boss at the BBC once told me that I was too glamorous and pointed to my high-heeled boots," Logan told Radio Times. "I said: 'I've just come from a radio show, it's what I wear'. He said: 'You don't wear them when you do the dishes, do you?'"

Logan said: "Does he want me to look like I'm doing the dishes? I'm not here to look like a housewife." (Plunkett, 2013).

Last week The Apprentice ... was won by Leah Totton, a woman who wants to open a chain of Botox clinics; ... it is also worth noting that it was the first all-female final in three years and that the other finalist, Luisa Zissman, was selling another socially acceptable and officially sanctioned female obsession, baked goods. (Gold, 2013).

Is this cause for celebration? American Girl was dreamed up by the fabulously named teacher Pleasant Rowland in 1986 as a way to portray different ethnicities and aspects of American history. Each doll had a little book that dealt with topics such as race, poverty and even child abuse. Since being taken over in 1998, the company has expanded across America; in its shops, girls can pick dolls that look just like them, with matching outfits. (Martinson, 2013).

Tobacco use is recognised as the single biggest cause of preventable disease and early death in the UK, claiming more than 102,000 lives a year. (Press Association, 2013a).

Why do writers drink? Why does anyone drink? From boredom, loneliness, habit, hedonism, lack of self-confidence; as stress relief or a short-cut to euphoria; to bury the past, obliterate the present or escape the future. (Morrison, 2013).

An outfit that looks truly great in the changing room becomes hideous the moment you get it home. (Wilson, 1997, p.101).

Dress down, You'll look as if you're trying to hard if you dress up. (Wilson, 1997, p.82).

Yes, we have heard all your arguments about how they are a weaker sex, they can't be in the workplace because they are impure five days a month, and if they are good wives they are pregnant nine months a year; but whenever I look around I have this sinking feeling that they are going to kick arse. Mine and yours. (Hanif, 2013).

And yet, she thought, at our age, surely all that was necessary was to dress suitably and if possible in good taste, without really thinking of fashion? (Pym, 2009, p.26).