Time to live like royalty... all family under one roof

Do you recall the surprisingly popular television sitcom Sorry!, from the 1980s, starring Ronnie Corbett as an apologetic librarian living at home with his parents?

- RICHARD IRVINE

Obviously, I don't because I’m far too young, so let’s pretend I learned of it through a much older friend, who compared yours truly to the comically tragic manchild trapped in his boyhood home.

Admittedly, I am living with mother and father a few days a week for work purposes, but it’s a far different scenario.

For a start, I'm much taller than Ronnie Corbett and my mother is close but not quite as domineering, and I do have my own house, but is it's nowhere near my job.

And why shouldn't I take advantage of their hospitality, geographical location, laundry services as well as enjoy evening meals far better than I could come up with?