This week I’ve spent a lot of time singing Rip It Up by Orange Juice, a catchy little number you may remember from the 80s, which includes the following: You know me I’m acting dumb [...]
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 [...]
