Make a Plan to Make a Man

Make a Plan to Make a Man

Not  many readers may have been around or interested to chart the success of the singer Boy George; some may know him from being on the panel of the singing reality competition television series called ‘The Voice’ but his claim to fame began in the 1980s when he...
Talking Talent Taking

Talking Talent Taking

Imagine winning the multi-million lottery prize and not collecting the winnings! Whoever would do that! It has actually happened on numerous occasions, it would appear, amazingly. It nearly happened in 2018 when the winner of the largest single-ticket jackpot in US...
I Can’t Win

I Can’t Win

Someone (anonymous, for obvious reasons – and male, for equally obvious reasons, as will be revealed!) once wittily decided to write what he considered to be ‘Rules regarding Relationships between Males and Females’. These were as follows: The female makes all the...
Are you a Man or a Mouse?

Are you a Man or a Mouse?

When we think of poetry, our first thought might be that it tends to deal with romantic themes. We might consider Shakespeare’s ‘Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day’, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s ‘How Do I Love Thee’, Lord Byron’s ‘She Walks in Beauty’, Thomas...
Who is on Trial here?

Who is on Trial here?

“Digital technology, you are hereby charged with perverting the course of human development and preventing the advancement of cognitive ability in our children over the period of the last fifteen years – how do you plead?” Guilty as sin, surely! Guilty, as charged,...