I’ve been thinking a lot about protein, largely because I’ve spent the last year working my body hard on a building project and yet don’t appear to have put on any muscle. I [...]
I’ve been struggling for words lately. Something to do with the state of the world perhaps. Or just laziness. It’s usually one or the other. This morning felt like another Friday [...]
Back in the early 90s, when I was a young magazine journalist, I found myself working under the same roof as Punch magazine – that venerable old organ that had been the flag-bearer for political [...]
Alright, mush? You probably don’t need reminding but today marks the 41st anniversary of Libby Riddles becoming the first woman to win the Iditarod Dog Sled Race. While dog sledding – or [...]
Imagine if cactus, not grass, was the most abundant plant on Earth. It would make rugby a whole lot more interesting. It’s one of the many blessings of this planet, though, that nature has [...]