Kate Adie

Trying to be as positive as he could about it, he said to me, 'I have to tell you, Kate read more

Trying to be as positive as he could about it, he said to me, 'I have to tell you, Kate – it was a Harrods bag'.

Somewhere in the twentieth century we stopped regarding children as property and started seeing them as people.

Somewhere in the twentieth century we stopped regarding children as property and started seeing them as people.

[it's strange to think of yourself as an only child and then suddenly find yourself with three siblings. Does Adie read more

[it's strange to think of yourself as an only child and then suddenly find yourself with three siblings. Does Adie ever feel like an outsider when the rest share a history that she doesn't?] Curiously, I went to a wedding quite near the start, and when we got to the church this charming man came up and said, 'Bride or groom?' ... Groom! You're with the groom!

I remember she had these long, lovely nails with red varnish, in the middle of this shitty place we were read more

I remember she had these long, lovely nails with red varnish, in the middle of this shitty place we were in!

Historians say this will lead to civil conflict. It doesn't lead to girls being treasured. It leads to them being read more

Historians say this will lead to civil conflict. It doesn't lead to girls being treasured. It leads to them being traded as commodities and stolen.