Within hours of the US Air Force strike against Iran 's nuclear plants, a message popped on to our family WhatsApp thread from the most rational, sane member of the clan.
June 7 - this coming Saturday - is a poignant date in the life of the Dorries family. It's the day that everything changed. Nothing has been the same since, nor will it ever be again.
While many ordinary viewers struggled to afford the licence fee, Gary Lineker was gobbling up a £1.35million salary. While Stacey Solomon gets her 'special' treatment.
If Shakespeare's ghost resides in a garret somewhere above the new Globe theatre, I imagine his head will be down, his quill furiously scratching across parchment.
NADINE DORRIES: But in the past few months we've certainly seen more of them than ever before in the carefully curated snaps released by Meghan. And the cynic in me is wondering: why now?
NADINE DORRIES: Google Dr Ravi Jayaram and he pops up as a 'TV personality'. It's a moniker well earned having appeared on This Morning and The Weakest Link.
Have you heard of Gorpcore? No, neither had I until visitors from the North West told me about the latest 'fashion' trend in my old haunts of Prestbury and Alderley Edge in Cheshire.
On Sunday morning, as the sun shone and the blackbirds sang, I found myself heading to a drinks party at the home of a great friend in his glorious Cotswolds garden.
It was painful to watch Rachel Reeves on Laura Kuenssberg's show on Sunday morning. The Chancellor was a blinking, stuttering mess attempting to explain why she accepted freebie tickets.
It was painful to watch Rachel Reeves on Laura Kuenssberg's show on Sunday morning. The Chancellor was a blinking, stuttering mess attempting to explain why she accepted freebie tickets.