The secret superpower of middle age: Part 1

“The Farrah Fawcett Flick is still in place, in fact just like The Whopper, it’s obviously index-linked because even Farrah couldn’t have kept this tsunami in place.”

Yesterday I went to the hairdressers, and having had very little sleep the night before, sat zombie-like in the chair for an hour while Danny faffed about, hopping either side of the chair, twirling this way, snipping that way.

I can say ‘faff’ because he was … taking his time, trying to get it right, enjoying himself … I have, you see, a lot of hair. …