Satire that has lost its bite: Rowlandson at the Queen’s gallery.
Satire can be hilarious, but it usually works in the moment, as a comment about a current event. Move on to a time when that event has been forgotten and it loses its power. That […]
Satire
The Olympics are a Double-Edged Sword
The Olympics are a Double-Edged Sword Lots of work has been created because of the Olympics. It’s just a hell of a journey travelling to it and staying anywhere remotely close to it. […]
Speaking Across the Seas
I was lucky enough recently to have the opportunity to travel to Chile along with my missus. In our hotel room in Santiago one evening, whilst she was chatting on the mobile phone with her […]
I Hate a Challenge
‘Challenge’ is one of those words whose meaning has changed over the last few years. Or, to be more accurate, the implied meaning of the word has changed. My pocket Oxford Dictionary defines the word […]