The Pile of Stuff was the subject of much debate during the first weekend of March thanks to an appearance on Radio 4’s Loose Ends, an article with Giles Coren in the Daily Mail, comment pieces in the Times and the Telegraph and much other press and publicity. Look at them all on the press section of this site.

It’s all laid out in detail in the Press section, but if you can’t be bothered to go there, here’s one of the best things that I’ve read about my book. Top Telegraph columnist Jenny McCartney really gets the nub of the book – the disparity between what we think our lives should be like and the reality.