Monthly Archives: October 2013

Friends: a re-dedication

It starts with tears in the bath. Tears, and the comfort of familiar music playing in the background. No alcohol: though later, i might reward myself with a frivolous drink. Limoncello, perhaps. Or campari. My relationship with booze has never … Continue reading

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Who do you think you are?

Another day, another story about which the Great British press haven’t a clue – are literally clueless. Though why shouldn’t they be? It is, after all, ”merely” one more story about a whingeing tranny, complaining about trivial stuff, and like … Continue reading

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That space thing again

Men really don’t like to be excluded from spaces. The suggestion that here or anywhere is a door, a line they may not cross, seems in many instances to act as red rag to the bully, an invitation to much … Continue reading

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A Greek tragedy?

I am always suspicious of stories where the news pack are rushing headlong in one direction. The image that springs to mind, in such situations, fans of “Airplane” should remember this, is the one where a stampede of reporters learns … Continue reading

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