Life
The trouble with furries
Last weekend an audio recording emerged of a 13-year-old girl being called ‘despicable’ by her teacher at a Church of…
The only way is Middlesbrough
‘I was 12 when I first got laid.’ ‘Where was that?’ ‘In Middlesbrough.’ ‘How the hell did you get lucky…
Aussie life
With the exception of two or three of our tastier fish species, I doubt if anything in Australia has taken…
Language
For a number of years British journalist Philip Howard wrote a weekly language column for the Times in London (he…
Rosé and roses
What an idyllic setting. We were amidst the joys of high summer in England, with just enough of a breeze…
Home truths
I sometimes feel my entire life in advertising has been wasted, and not for the reason you may assume. No,…
Did the BBC silence lockdown sceptics?
Did the BBC breach its own impartiality rules by keeping critics of the government’s pandemic response off the air during…
Real life
‘Achoo!’ was the first thing the girl sitting next to me on the plane said as I took my seat…
High life
Southampton, Long Island ‘Why, oh why, do the wrong people travel?’ sang Noël Coward back in the early 1960s. Lucky…
Aussie life
Recently, a demonstration was held outside Perth Library, which is noteworthy because libraries are one of the few spaces that…
Language
It is an exciting moment when I discover a new word – and this time it’s a word that focuses…
Love me do
In Competition No. 3302, you were invited to compose a dating app profile for a writer of your choice. To…
