Getting older
Phil bewails the expense of ageing – and the problems of memory loss, changing technology and ways of doing things, minimiser and enhancer bras…
How to be a Good Wife
Advice from a 1950s Home Economics textbook for schoolgirls, teaching how to prepare for married life.
Culture Vulture Schmulture – H
Atoz’s nomination for a cultural icon beginning with the letter “H” was a straightforward task. The play’s the thing…
Accra
Useful travel tips for visitors to Accra, Ghana’s capital city.
Men
“I am so glad that I am not a man. And no, this isn’t going to turn into some kind of feminist rant. It’s just that the hysteria about paedophiles and sex offenders in Britain these days is making it difficult for ordinary people, ie men, to go about their normal daily lives.” Phil reckons that the paranoia and vigilantism has gone far too far.
Things not to say to ladies
“Suppose my partner who may (purely for the sake of argument) feel a tad insecure, temporarily doubts my deep affection for her. She might say something like ‘Show me that you love me’; innocent enough. Except that all kinds of neural pathways in my brain now go into gridlock.” Tim Sharp explores the Be Spontaneous Paradox.