Should the west try to ‘save’ the third world?

And other questions of a politically incorrect nature. So, I’ve been reading The Rainmaker, by Michael Martin. In the book, …

Leprosy, anyone?

I like the idea that if you’re gonna be sick, you should go the whole hog. Like, don’t just have …

Heart of darkness?

I’m afraid to go to Africa. Flies that burrow and rot, worms that come out your eyeball metres long, fish …

This October, be a man!

…like Miss Appleby. In Emily Larkin’s amusing romance Unmasking Miss Appleby, downtrodden Charlotte Appleby receives a visit from her malicious …

Morning thought bubbles

For a person who’s always talking to herself (in her head), it’s weird that when I sit down to write …

Original, fun, literate…and probably NOT available at a bookstore near you

Are you TIRED of trawling through the latest ‘FREE and 99 cents’ collection of utterly banal and appallingly edited indie …

What would you do with your 15 minutes?

Andy Warhol was supposed to have said that that in the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes (apparently, …

Ten reasons to look forward to old age…

1. Age is power. You only have to look at all the old bastards lining board room tables and elbowing …

Rose is sad…

I often think of myself, smugly, as a cork. You can push a cork under water but once you let …

What is it about you and death, mate?

Ever since I turned 30, I’ve had this fascination with death. I’m the kind of person who’s always running around …