I nominate Victoria Beckham for School of Needlework Patron. It might be that more youth of today just might want to learn such a skill because of her success in the fashion world. Love them or loathe them - they know how to make money and run a business through sheer hard work and dedication. PS Do you not know what philanthropical work Richard Branson - to name but one - does? Why do we have an attitude of "slap them down" towards successful people. I am sure that if they took notice of brickbats, they wouldn't even get up in the morning.
I do get irritated by .........