Mark Simpson totally relates to the author’s 1970s childhood war-fetish, but has to draw the line at Ernest Hemingway. (Independent on Sunday, 31 March 2002) Robert Twigger is a man who wins awards. The jacket of Being a Man… In The Lousy Modern World boasts of the Newdigate Prize for… Read More »Slit-Trenches & Eternal Comradeship
By Mark Simpson, Independent on Sunday (December 3, 2006) We all know that Australians are better than us. Better looking, better at sport, better at partying, better at sex, better at reality TV shows. Mostly because they told us so. Very loudly. Little wonder recent Government figures showed half the… Read More »We’re Better at Everything, Mate: Australia’s Sports Complex
by Mark Simpson (Independent on Sunday, 27 August 2006) Americans are insane. The proof? Well, there’s a host of clinical evidence confirming this self-satisfied Old World view of New World nuttiness, from the invasion of Iraq to American Football – which looks much like the invasion of Iraq, but less… Read More »Sorry, Bono, You’re Too Doubting – why Xstian rock is going to Hell