Life
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…
Strangeness and charm
The restaurant 2 Fore Street lives on Mousehole harbour, near gift shops: the post office and general store have closed,…
Football bosses must carry the can
If you couldn’t watch the Europa League final between Sevilla and Roma, then you should count yourself fortunate. It was…
