PinnedPublished inA Parent Is BornHow Switching to a Four Day Working Week Made Me a New ManLike most people, since graduating, I’d been grinding out those long five (or sometimes six) day work weeks. At the beginning of 2021, I…Oct 20, 20216Oct 20, 20216
PinnedPublished inCurated NewslettersWhy Punks Hate Hippies And Why I Do TooGrowing up as a punk rocker in the 90s, I used to hear my favourite bands bang on about how awful the peace and love brigade were. I still…Sep 2, 202112Sep 2, 202112
PinnedPublished inCheckmateShould You Feel Guilty About Flying?I’m heading overseas next month to visit family I haven’t seen in two years. But every day, I see images of horrific forest fires and…Aug 26, 202115Aug 26, 202115
PinnedPublished inCheckmateYes, You Use Your Bookshelves to Humble-Brag But That’s OKWe’ve all seen Zoom interviews with people sitting in front of well-stocked bookcases. But why do so many of us like to make our book…Aug 24, 202116Aug 24, 202116
PinnedPublished inILLUMINATIONA Spot of G-dropping, My Lord? British Attitudes to Accent and ClassBritish politician Lord Digby Jones savaged TV presenter Alex Scott over her accent this week. But was he right to criticise her or is he…Aug 2, 20216Aug 2, 20216
Plagiarism- South Korea’s Dirty Little SecretWith a seemingly never-ending raft of plagiarism accusations running rife in the South Korean media, has the problem reached epidemic…Oct 10, 20222Oct 10, 20222
Should You Get Rid of Your Old Tattoos?My son keeps staring at the faded, badly rendered tattoos I got when I was in my teenage years, asking me why daddy has funny drawings on…Feb 20, 2022Feb 20, 2022
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My Trip to the North Korean Border the Day Kim Jong-Il DiedThis is the story of my visit to the DMZ, the most fortified and dangerous land border in the world, planned for the day the despotic North…Feb 12, 20221Feb 12, 20221
Buy Your Dream House in Spain for under $50,000. Let’s All Move to…Ever felt the need to get away from it all and escape to sunny Spain for a little fun and sangria? Well, buying that dream Spanish holiday…Feb 6, 202214Feb 6, 202214
