Do you remember what you were doing on 10 March 2001? I certainly don’t, but then again, I’m an expert at forgetting things when it suits me. And if Prince Andrew’s BBC interview is anything to go by, so is he. It’s one thing not remembering if there was a bar at Tramp’s, but not […]
Society
The Death Of Venice
Many of you, like myself, are guilty. We are guilty of having visited a sick but beautiful city. We have been at the bedside of a dying patient and have done nothing to cure her of illness. She is slowly slipping away, without a sound, accepting that her fate is sealed. She answers to the […]
Dutch “Zwarte Piet” – An Insult To Global Warming
Having reaped the success of my last two posts on this more than delicate subject, this could be the final instalment of a rather tedious trilogy. Why tedious, I hear you scream. The answer is quite simple – to coin a famous phrase, it’s much ado about nothing. But the news is that this time […]
Why Supermarkets Are Getting Into Your Heads
There are two things missing in supermarkets – a giant clock that tells how much time we have wasted and an escape route. It must be old age creeping in before it’s due, but I’m finding more and more reasons to moan about things. And I’m not just referring to all the […]
Silly Old Bag!!
This post is going to be sexist and…short. Having seen a picture of The Queen in an upmarket newspaper, I ask myself the following existential question – what the hell does she carry in her handbag? I admit that I used to walk around the street with my own personal handbag – a doggy bag […]
Women In Morocco Have Become Outlaws
The following is my translation of an emotional piece written by Moroccan novelist Leïla Slimani and film director Sonia Tarrab. It was signed by more 470 Moroccans – mostly women – and published in the French newspaper “Le Monde” on 23rd September. The piece asks for the Moroccan legislation regarding sexuality to evolve with the […]
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Twitter And Fowl Language
Brexit instigator Arron Banks’ tweet where he jokingly writes that climate change activist, Greta Thunberg, is not exempt from a sailing accident whilst crossing the Atlantic on a “zero-emission” yacht, is yet another example of how public figures use Twitter to send the world messages that are both obnoxious and irrelevant. Banks insists that he […]
Sex-Dolls – So Much Better Than Making Love To A Dalek
There comes a time where, sharing your bed with the person you love, a cup of cocoa on the bedside table and Descartes’ “Passion of the Souls” in your hands, is just so much better that even the most expensive sex-dolls. When I arrived, I was met by a large dildo resting on a […]
True Stories
A little girl on the motorway….A grown-up dentist in the desert. POSTS The Unknown Little Girl On The A10 Motorway Syria: Having a Caesarean Performed by…a Dentist
Wreckless Driving: Unequality In Front Of The Law
Actor Steven Coogan has had a six-month driving ban reduced to 2 months, after having successfully argued that it was inconceivable that his TV character Alan Partridge be seen on public transport. I have received several fines for driving above the speed limit, but never in built-up areas. There is no points system in the […]