Survival of the fittest indeed!

THE reason I will never be rich is that I never recognise an opportunity staring me in the face, as did the people who have created the £300 “Brexit survival box”. It contains enough freeze-dried food to last 30 days, a water filter and fire-starting gel, which does lead you to wonder why on earth people don’t invest in a couple of boxes of matches and build up their own supply of tinned food instead.

There’s nothing wrong with a full store cupboard in case of an emergency but something tells me that someone, somewhere is making a mint out of alarmism. Remember the Millennium bug, when society was going to fall apart at the seams? I expect more than one fortune was built on the back of that. ❑

GILLETTE has not, alas, currently got under the skin (or over it) of Hugh Grant, who like so many chaps at the moment is sporting a beard. Would that this fashion for facial hair just die out.

Almost all beards make men look older (Graham Norton take note), are prone to harbouring foodstuffs, and you never know what’s hiding underneath them. I have met one man (weak-chinned) in my entire life who looked better bearded. The rest should shave theirs off.

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SO THE Duchess of Cambridge has been praised for “recycling” an Oscar de la Renta suit, for which read she wore it for a second time. Most women have clothes that become firm favourites, which are a joy to take out of the wardrobe over and over. Kate is only proving (again) that she really is One Of Us.