The EditorSunday TelegraphSir, As the ‘father’ of the metrosexual, I was fascinated to read (‘Oracle worker’; Jan 7, 2007) that an American ad-exec called Marian Salzman is ‘a step ahead of the rest of us’ and a leading ‘futurologist’ because she ‘predicted the rise of metrosexuals’, a species she ‘dreamt… Read More »Hack to the future: letter to the ‘Sunday Telegraph’
According to the Daily Telegraph’s front page, it’s ‘Sunset’ for the Senior Service: ‘Navy to cut its fleet by half’. The Navy that once ruled the waves, the global maritime force on which the sun never set, and gave the world some of the most romantic not to mention fetishistically ingenious uniforms ever… Read More »Union Street Blues: Plymouth’s Last ‘Run Ashore’?
If Viagra has turned the penis into a ‘puncture-proof balloon’, does that mean it’s not funny anymore? (First appeared in the Independent on Sunday, 2002) Investigating the penis can be an eye-watering business. Examining the urethra of an impotent young man, using a long nickel-plated probe called a ‘No 25 Explorer’, a… Read More »Gagging For It: A Ticklish History of The Penis
Johnny Morrissey was runner-up. Which is, along with ‘sixteen clumsy and shy’, the story of his life. Always running-up, never quite arriving. All things considered, it’s probably just as well no one took any notice of me and he didn’t win. David Attenborough’s acceptance speech made me realise – after I… Read More »Johnny Morris is voted ‘Britain’s Greatest Living Cultural Icon’
Holy Mary, Mother of God! Is nothing sacred? After the shameless, pagan idolatry of the Dieux Du Stade sporno calendars, some shameless Catholic idolatry in the form the Calendario Romano. Certainly, the images are inspiring. I mean, who wouldn’t want to kneel before these divine young men and receive the… Read More »Catholijism: Rome’s Answer to Sporno?