VISITED a home full of motivational signs encouraging anything deeper than gin consumption? Can’t help but take down their bullshit? These stand up to zero scrutiny:

‘Always remember that you are braver than you believe…’

Often continues ‘…stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and loved more than you will ever know’. But what if you aren’t? You’re not signing up for any wars, are you? It’s perfectly possible that you’re not as smart as you think and loved less than you imagine, especially if your self-esteem needs a boost from a shit Matalan wooden sign.

‘Remember, as far as anyone knows we are a nice normal family’

At what point are you so dull – in your own estimation – that you’re trying to hint that beneath the uninteresting facade you’re like the Fritzls or the Wests? The

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