If I Ruled The World Grace Dent

Grace Dent is a restaurant critic, broadcaster, author, and Masterchef UK regular. She has appeared on Very British Problems and is the host of the critically acclaimed podcast, Comfort Eating

- Eva Mackevic

We would have a compulsory half hour of “keep fit” per day, away from the internet. My theory is that almost all internet arguments would be solved if we were all forced to walk away from our computers and do star jumps in fresh air. I think that a lot of our anger comes from the fact that we’re just not getting enough of it.

Kindness to animals would be compulsory. People should wear their animal love on their sleeves more. Once a year, we would have a national day completely devoted to animals; everybody would be allowed to have the day off and just spend their time with their dog, cat or hamster. I think sometimes people are embarrassed to say that they love animals as much as they love humans. And I guess that I am as well. I wish that I could talk about that more freely. I’m always happy when I meet other people who feel the same way, and devote their lives to taking in stray cats and dogs, and raising money for animal charities.