Ellee Seymour

I would like to take my mother Loula to Greece for a week next month, back to Thessaloniki, her birthplace. I’m planning to book a hotel via the internet and wondered which online site you would recommend for flights.

I doubt I will be as lucky as Maalie and find a 1p flight which he has paid each way for a trip to Finland (read the comments).

One of my favourite films is Shirley Valentine, I love the free spirited way she went off and had an adventure when she felt unappreciated at home, how she stayed on in her Greek idyll.

When I feel my family push me too far, I threaten to go off and do a Shirley Valentine, and they look worried when I play the video, obviously thinking: “We had better behave, just in case mum means it.” It always does the trick.

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Who says celebrity endorsement doesn’t work?  I would have liked one of these £5 eco-friendly bleached cotton shopping bags too, but there was no way  I was going to get up early and queue,  even if Reese Witherspoon, Lily Allen and Alicia Silverstone carry them around.

I’m delighted that these bags carry a simple green message to encourage the reduction of plastic bags. They also look sturdy and practical . The Anya Hindmarch creations have now sold out, and are fetching around £200 on Ebay.

The bag’s must-have credentials were firmly secured when it was chosen as the goodie-bag for guests at the 2007 Vanity Fair Oscar night party. Only 20,000 went on sale in Sainsbury’s.

People queued for hours when a few of the bags were sold at Hindmarch’s London boutique last month, and  the simple bag has become a symbol of ethical intent. It’s cool to be seen to be green.

I can understand queuing to buy a house at a bargain price, but surely not a £5 bag. Have you ever queued up overnight and slept rough so you could snap up a bargain?

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I send my deepest sympathy to our fearless campaigning MP Richard Bacon whose tears of ecstatic joy have turned to tears of unimaginable sorrow within the space of two days.

On Monday, Richard’s wife gave Victoria gave birth to their first child. Tragically, his mother-in-law Elizabeth Panton died yesterday on a visit to see their baby son Rollo in a horrific accident. Doctors are also battling to save the leg of his young niece Pollyanna, aged two.

Mrs Panton was crushed against a wall by a bus after travelling to London from her home in Shropshire to see her new grandchild and was waiting for a bus to return home when it mounted the pavement.

I hope the innocent smiles of Rollo, with his soft dimples and sweet gurgling sounds, born on Shakespeare’s birthday and St George’s Day, will help them their grief. 

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