The Indo asked me to write something about baldness, Christ have they heard I’m thinning on top? Anyways: Flogging beauty products to men is a hard sell. We pay so little attention to our physical and mental well being that you have to feel sorry for Gerard Butler attempting to convince us that moisturizer is […]
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Run, fitness, fatness, run some more
Week 36 of the column, in which I stare at myself naked in the mirror, crying: The Rarámuri are an indigenous people who live in the mountains northwestern Mexico, in the Sierra Madre. They didn’t always live here – this is where they fled to when the Spanish arrived in the 16th Century, and their […]
The Bills have eyes
Wrote this for the Indo about the Leitrim village appealing for people to move there. The idea of country living is one that resonates with us all. Deep down we all have the suspicion that urban spaces and their associated lifestyles are somehow eroding our soul. In our minds we dream of being one […]
Le quo
Nobody does formal anymore. So here’s a thing I did for the Indo on that theme: The French are a stylish bunch. Perhaps it’s the tan, the teeth, the hair, but they can switch from haute couture to pret a porter with enviable ease. Just look at their First Lady. Brigitte Macron was recently […]
Ken?
As in, the Scottish for ‘y’know?’. But also a popular toy that got a makeover, promoting this work of genius in the Indo: Is there any toy more tragic than Ken? Since his creation back in 1959, his life has been one tragi-comic misadventure after another. Initially created with authentic felt hair, he had […]
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