Katharine Whitehorn
Katharine Whitehorn
Katharine Elizabeth Whitehorn was a British journalist, columnist, author and radio presenter. She was the first woman to have a column in The Observer, which ran from 1963 to 1996 and from 2011 to 2017. She was the first female rector of a university in Scotland. Her books include Cooking in a Bedsitter (1961).
"People get a bad impression of it by continually trying to treat it as if it was a bank clerk, who ought to be on time on Tuesday next, instead of philosophically seeing it as a painter, who may do anything so long as you dont try to predict what."
"Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second longer than they have to."
"The main purpose of childrens parties is to remind you that there are children more awful than your own."
"A food is not necessarily essential just because your child hates it."
"The best careers advice given to the young ... is "Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it."
"I wouldnt say when youve seen one Western youve seen the lot; but when youve seen the lot you get the feeling youve seen one."
"There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a packet of cigarettes."
"Hats divide generally into three classes: offensive hats, defensive hats, and shrapnel."
"No nice men are good at getting taxis."
