Maitlis mum’s sweet advice for daughter

NEWSNIGHT presenter Emily Maitlis has a taste for fancy footwear, but it seems her mother, Marion, takes a more practical approach.

The 47-year-old broadcaster (right) posted a picture on Twitter of her latest acquisition — nude open toe shoes with transparent block heels — with the caption: ‘Do love my 85-year-old mother. Just showed her my new shoes and she exclaimed, “We must fill the heels with Smarties!”’

It might make Newsnight more colourful.