‘I honestly don’t know what self-respecting women are supposed to call themselves now that “feminist” has grown so tainted’

'Like so many once pig-ignorant artsy types, I'm now conversant with credit default swaps, bundled securities and derivatives'

'Even if it's theoretically possible to sustain 10.2 billion people on the planet, is this what we aspire to as a species?'

‘The UK has exceeded its commitment to cut carbon emissions to 34 per cent by 2020. Under Ed Miliband’s Labour government, balsa wood cars are powered with twisted rubber bands’