Author: richardmapes

A few years ago, a novel was published in France under the name, The Revenge of Kevin. It told of a young man, unsurprisingly named Kevin, who decides to take revenge on all of...

“You’re fat, you’re ugly, I hope you burn in hell.” We all stand to one side and say nothing. “Seriously, I hope you get raped. I hope you get syphilis and die.” There is...

In many ways, Donald Trump has done the world a favour. Let me start by discussing dresses. A few years ago, an infamous photo began circulating the internet. It was of a dress, but...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The world is divided into two parts: them and us. They are wrong. We are right. They preach hate and division. We preach unity. Their view threatens to destroy our society. Our view will...

It’s been a pretty weird day. For a start, so far, it’s lasted about 36 hours. It started at 4am in California, which is the time I’ve been getting up recently because… well, jet...