Being old in the tooth, I rarely pay any attention to the musings of the latest young pop stars. Although their music is no doubt enjoyable to young consumers, what they have to say is usually brainless. After all, they have only been around for twenty years or so and, in that time, they have [...]
As a child, I fell sick a lot – just the luck of the draw, I guess. According to my mother, I should have been entered into the Guinness Book of Records for catching the most diseases in the shortest time. I can remember most of the really serious ones, but the one infection I [...]
For some, flying is a routine. No matter how much security we have to go through to get on the plane, it’s still quicker than all the other land-based systems of transport. For others, it’s an adventure. We have saved our dollars and now we get our reward – a flight to the holiday destination [...]
One of the more popular genres in bookstores is the one marked “horror” (sometimes overlapping with “dark fantasy”). This is where the author takes an everyday type of situation and then twists it round to show us the frightening side. It’s the old roller coaster ride. Some people just can’t get enough of the thrill [...]
Drug manufacturers routinely lobby governments and the result is that both tend to say the same kind of things. On the question of whether people should be allowed to buy drugs without a prescription, both raise the question of public safety. Most medications are powerful and, unless patients are checked out before use, there can [...]
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