More on Joanna. She has a long marriage with a man 8 years younger than her - doesn't sound like a particularly revolting age gap to me. And she runs her life, according to an interview in the Guardian on the principle of kindness.

"She's not a Buddhist, though. Does she believe in God?

'Decca,' she laughs. 'I believe in virtually everything. I do, I do. But most of all, kindness. All you have to be is kind. That's all you need. Once you've got that it virtually rules out everything else.'"

She's a decent person, and undeserving of crude invective.

Penny