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What’s in a name?

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...

The Free State of Twitter

“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...

Trump, Fake News and That Dress

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...

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...

Them and Us

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...

Welcome to the New World

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...

I Don’t Believe It

I think I take Marvel films too seriously. I just watched Captain America: Winter Soldier. It’s the emotional climax. Cap has just fought his old friend Bucky to a standstill. They are hundreds of...