Should children today even have to learn how to spell? With text language ever dominating the way of communication when it comes to emails and letter writing too, one could perhaps be brave enough to say not. This shortened way of writing, such as ‘C U TMRW’, is quickly becoming […]

Angelina Jolie has a double mastectomy it has been revealed today (May 14). The 37-year old Hollywood star had discovered she had a high chance of developing breast cancer and she had been informed she had the BRCA1 cancer gene. The BRCA1 cancer gene for Jolie gave her a 87% […]

Located in the Ionian Sea in Greece, Corfu is a large island (in fact the second largest of the Ionian Islands), which is known for its exotic beauty and traditional Greek ambience. In the past few years, it has emerged as a popular holiday destination for people looking to run […]

In America, the biggest beast of capitalism, they call May 1st ‘Labor Day’. In South Africa, it’s ‘Workers Day’. The Germans call it ‘Arbeiterstag’. While here in Britain it’s known, blandly, as ‘May Day Bank Holiday’. It wasn’t that long ago that an earlier Tory government – it could have […]

It’s really quite strange to think that it has been thirty years since The Smiths rushed and pushed into the public consciousness. But here we are now, all these years later, with the impact that the band had still evident all around us – from the shiny chimes of indie […]

I’m the type of person who thinks a lot, perhaps too much, about everything. I am what could be described as an over thinker. However, there are some thoughts that simply cannot be bought into the public domain and must remain within the caverns of the mind. Let me give […]

The driver who fails to indicate when turning, causing me to wonder for those first few seconds why they are slowing down on a clear road. Is there an obstacle ahead? Is a duck crossing the road with its babies in tow? Is there a herd of invisible sheep blocking […]

It began with a Pulitzer Prize-winning series of articles that appeared in the New York Sun newspaper in 1948. Malcolm Johnson was the journalist determined to expose the corruption, graft and racketeering in his seminal work – ‘Crime on the Waterfront’. It was hard going, especially when he came up against […]