Olly Mann presents Four Thought for BBC Radio 4, and the podcasts The Modern Mann, The Week Unwrapped and The Retrospectors
Look, it’s a wonderful thing to read your children bedtime stories. It fosters imagination, introduces the pleasures of reading, strengthens the bond between parent and child, yadda yadda yadda.
But… when’s the right time to stop? Before they sprout underarm hair, I’d wager. Certainly before they get to the Honeymoon Suite. But, when?
I was mulling this over recently, having realised that what used to be a relatively rapid event at, kiss goodnight, then hit the G&T) was fast eating into my evenings. Sometimes I wasn’t hitting the bottle until 8pm!
