Catherine Aird at home in her adopted county, Kent, which became ‘Calleshire’ in her novels - Rick Strange/Alamy Catherine Aird, who has died aged 94, enjoyed one of the longest careers in ...

One of her lines – ‘If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a horrible warning’ – became a well-known humorous quotation Catherine Aird, who has died aged 94 ...