“... the new state of affairs; he complained of the mess; he’d rather Maureen was available to cook a meal at night; he felt she had no head for business. All this he made perfectly clear. She soldiered on regardless. She could no longer afford hangovers: twice a week at five in the morning she’d have to be on the way to the market at Covent Garden to ...”

“... as the prosecution were concerned, Marten’s account was a lie. She and Gordon had had time to cook it up between them. Nothing they said could be believed. Marten was, Little explained to the jury, ‘telling a lie to her own benefit. Telling a lie in an attempt to minimise the amount of time which she and the first defendant were caring for a newborn ...”

“... or a grillroom. The ‘we’ who took part in this move were my parents, my brother, our nanny, a cook, my mother’s two dogs, one from her days on the stage, a Pomeranian, and another, a Pekingese, and myself. We also had a parlourmaid who was black, which was a rarity in those days, and she was called – to her face, I believe – ‘Black Mary’. It was ...”

“... best friends from back home and they talked about facts. Who you love is a fact and the meals you cook are facts. When the sun shines it is a fact of God and England is a fact of life. Rania always said she had preferred living in Mile End because the markets were better over there, but at least Westfield was near her now in White City. She was 31. ‘I was ...”