In the torrent of coverage given to the Blue Origin all-women space flight, there was barely a mention of Valentina Tereshkova. Quite the omission given the Russian was the first woman to journey into space.

More than 60 years after the parachutist made history with her 71-hour solo voyage, the singer Katy Perry and her crewmates returned to Earth after an 11-minute jaunt paid for and organised by Jeff Bezos, whose fiancee, Lauren Sanchez, was also on the trip.

Ms Perry, wearing a designer spacesuit with a boot-cut flare option, had previously promised to “glam up” space and “put the ass in astronaut”.

In the event, she limited herself to singing What a Wonderful World while experiencing zero-gravity, and kissing the ground after landing.

If only she had known the storm she was flying into, with half the universe – okay, some folk on social media and other commentators – rushing to condemn the space trip as the height of frivolity, one giant hen night for womankind while the Earth burned and war raged on the planet below.

Read more

This answer to the age-old 'stairs problem' was stunning

The Piano: music is a treat but do we need all those backstories?

Reunion is a revenge thriller that dares to be different

Jeez-o, give the........

© Herald Scotland