Hazardous whining is bad for our health
Defend the suburban wine drinkers, and don't zap the paparazzi - read Mick Hume's columns in The Times (London).

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Tuesday 16 October
‘No sooner do Prince William and Kate Middleton complain about being stalked by paparazzi than pictures of her stalking deer with the royals are splashed across the media. No shooting-herself-in-the-foot jokes, please…’
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