It had been quite an argument. Laura, Gina and Wendy had all rounded on me over Gina’s ex boyfriend. “Alicia, you are a slag,” Laura had begun, “you know she’s still sweet on him, how could you?” Then the others raged in on me, the music in the nightclub adding to the pounding they were giving me. I didn’t get chance to explain. So what, they saw me kissing him just before we all met up. He said he fancied me and I fancie...

My English tutor at university recently asked me to describe myself as if talking to a complete stranger. This is what I said:My name is Felicity Benson-Smith and I am almost 20 years old and studying English and Media Studies.Daddy owns a huge country estate and is extremely wealthy and is a financier whilst Mummy looks after things whilst he is away, which is very often.I am very slim and stand little more than five fee...