Katharine Whitehorn
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Katharine Elizabeth Whitehorn (born 1926) is a very quotable British journalist, writer, and columnist known for her wit and humor and as a keen observer of women in their times. She was educated at Roedean School, Brighton and Newnham College, Cambridge. She worked as a columnist for The Observer in London from 1960 until 1996. She also served as the rector of the University of St Andrews from 1982-1985. Since 1997 she has written a monthly column for Saga Magazine. She was married to novelist Gavin Lyall from 1958 until his death in 2003. They have two children.
Her book Cooking in a Bedsitter (originally Kitchen in the corner: A complete guide to bedsitter cookery), first published in 1961 and a classic of its kind, remained in print for thirty-five years.
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| Preceded by Tim Brooke-Taylor |
Rector of the University of St Andrews 1982 - 1985 |
Succeeded by Stanley Adams |
[edit] Quotes
- "Outside every thin girl is a fat man, trying to get in."
- "The trouble with so many born-again people is that you wish they hadn’t been born the first time."
- "When it comes to housework the one thing no book of household management can ever tell you is how to begin. Or maybe I mean why."
- "I am all for people having their heart in the right place; but the right place for a heart is not inside the head."
- "From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it."
- "I am firm. You are obstinate. He is a pig-headed fool."
- "The best careers advice to give to the young is 'Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.'"
- "Hats divide generally into three classes: offensive hats, defensive hats, and shrapnel."
- "Americans, indeed, often seem to be so overwhelmed by their children that they’ll do anything for them except stay married to the co-producer."
- "An office party is not, as is sometimes supposed, the Managing Director’s chance to kiss the tea-girl. It is the tea-girl’s chance to kiss the Managing Director (however bizarre an ambition this may seem to anyone who has seen the Managing Director face on). Bringing down the mighty from their seats is an agreeable and necessary pastime, but no one supposes that the mighty, having struggled so hard to get seated, will enjoy the dethronement."
