Jo Chipchase has her traditional Christmas rant-up - this year, taking a humorous look at Christmas shopping with errant children in tow and the role played by electronic devices.
With nurseries being told to replace play with learning, six year olds expected to be "school ready" with "academic skills", and the NHS telling parents how to play with their kids, Jo Chipchase asks: is the Nanny State going too far with its involvement in parenting? And, meanwhile, compared to 40 years ago, is there too much pressure on parents and kids?
As we head into the New Year, Jo Chipchase has her annual festive holiday rant-up
Jo Chipchase throws in her 'two penneth' on the Jimmy Savile case and, in particular, the material found on the internet - dating back many years - that hinted towards Jimmy Savile's unsavoury activities. With this content existing in the public domain, it seems unlikely that the BBC could be blissfully unaware of the situation. This poses the question: why did hordes of people and the media collude in a large-scale cover up?
Jo Chipchase has her usual rant-up... this time it's the question of why UK ladies' clothes sizes are hugely inaccurate, to the annoyance of those who buy fashion online.
Some people consider Made in China to be a bad thing. But, really, it's not all bad! Jo Chipchase looks at how the tables could turn on big corporates, with consumers going directly to Chinese merchants to buy cheap items that are identical to the more expensive ones sold in UK stores.
Never afraid to be 'irreverent', Jo Chipchase picks up her pet topics of the hype surrounding public events and how they attract tonnes of plastic tat made in China.
Customer service from airlines and other companies in the UK has taken a nosedive during the last few years. Jo Chipchase casts forth on why they should stop treating us like wallets to empty, naughty children and prize chumps.
Never mind 'The Twelve Days of Christmas': now that Chrissie Day is upon us, Jo Chipchase takes an amusing look at the 12 'Cs' of contemporary Christmas.
Did you know that the UK spent £280m on Halloween 2010, in the midst of a recession? Jo Chipchase takes her usual 'humbug' stance to explain why the scariest part of Halloween is its price tag and all the plastic tat it involves.
