Despite his slightly yobbish, unlikeable character and his greasy ponytail, it is becoming increasingly difficult not to feel a little bit sorry for Andy Carroll. There is something altogether perverse about pitying a man who plays football – for a living, no less – at one of Europe’s most prestigious [...]

It seems to be the biggest topic of the day. No one has been killed. No crime has been committed. Blame cannot be directed precisely. Still, something has gone wrong and the nation is not happy. Many seats have been left empty during the games in the first day of [...]

I don’t know what it is with us women. There is something deeply rooted in our systems that makes us want to punish ourselves. Even after a successful five minutes of affirmations, repeating ‘I am a strong, beautiful woman’ to the reflection in the mirror, we still find ourselves tempted [...]

Despite the pessimistic guesses and raised eyebrows at the information that had been leaked for London’s plans to welcome in the 30th Olympic Games, the opening ceremony designed by Danny Boyle was a breathtakingly brilliant vibrant spectacle that encompassed a vast display of everything that is British. While no single [...]

The London 2012 Olympics were officially kicked off by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II last Friday after a spectacular Opening Ceremony featuring the Industrial Revolution, the Child Catcher,Great Ormond Street Hospital and the inventor of the World Wide Web. Following a parade finale of the 204 teams taking part in [...]

“Fifteen years of madness and mayhem,” my friend Alan used to say when he spoke of his drug-taking days. “I was mad. I was angry with the world. I could be your best friend in the morning and your worst enemy in the afternoon,” he said. I met Alan when [...]

If you are 40 years old or older, you probably remember the size of the first camcorders that were introduced in the market. The older camcorders were big and bulky and used either Beta Max tapes or VHS tapes. Of course, for lots of people, it didn’t matter how big [...]

Facebook and YouTube. Both of them currently dominate their areas of purpose. While Facebook appears to dominate the arena of social networking sites with 901 million users since April 2012, and YouTube, which is currently the most common site for people to share their videos, averaging at 1,200,000,000 views per [...]