fbpx

Monthly Archive: February 2017

When to Lend a Hand

The other day a story on Facebook caught my eye. It was obvious clickbait but I clicked anyway. It was the story of a man who was deaf. One day he woke up to...

The Festival of the Naked Men

On Saturday, thousands of semi-naked Japanese men turned up to the Saidaiji Temple in Okayama in order to catch a pair of sticks thrown from a balcony. This is the naked man festival, or...

It’s All Relative

There can be few things more annoying in the world than knowing that someone, somewhere, is having a better time than you. Of course, chances are that no matter how happy you think you...

A Big Mistake

It’s been a bad week for Denis Shapovalov. After a run of missed shots during the Davis Cup, he smashed a ball into the crowd to vent his frustration, convinced that his failure to...