nickhereandnow

The idea of maturity, as in being a mature adult, is a highly dubious one, especially when it implies giving things up or toning things dow...

I'm amazed someone can be declared dead and then spend 25 years with a new identity without anyone smelling a rat. But that's what ...

I don't look at my body very much. Only the bits I have to pay close attention to like my teeth and face and hair. The rest I hardly no...

The persistent rumours that I have been routinely hacking into the mobile phones of other bloggers to unearth spicy and salacious material ...

Getting a divorce can be a pretty nasty business. But not many wives tie their estranged husband to a bed, cut off his penis and put it in...

I have very mixed feelings when I'm watching one of those frank and gritty documentaries about the people who get shat on by society - ...

I don't have that many friends, which seems like a major failing when most people seem to have dozens and dozens. I'd like to have ...

Household pets may look innocent and happy enough in the pet shop, but the way they're bred can mean appalling cruelty. So San Francisc...

Another tragic story of an American with no health insurance who resorted to desperate measures to get treatment for all his ailments. Jame...

I can't recall ever booing any public performer, though I've sat through some appalling spectacles in my time. I guess the performa...

One situation where I always feel totally at sea is funerals. Not having lost anyone precious to me, not having seriously grieved, I'm ...

Okay, girls, as you know, men have helpfully informed you that if you wear certain clothes, and present yourself in a certain way, then obv...

Some things are just seen as too depressing and upsetting to dwell on. Okay, mention them briefly if you must so we know about them, but th...

Calling someone an escapist used to be insulting. It meant they lived in a fantasy world of their own because they couldn't cope with ...

The excellent Miss Scarlet says she is aiming to be elegant and sophist-icated. That's a tall order. Two qualities that are hard to ca...

Féilim Mac An Iomaire is desperate to get a job so he can stay in his home country of Ireland. But after 100 failed job applications he dec...

Jenny has always likened me to Ferdinand the Bull in the famous children's story. While everyone else is busy go-getting and getting-o...

I was astonished to read that up to 200,000 children go missing in the UK every year. Can you imagine all the grief, guilt, anger and bewi...

I really do wonder how outwardly sensible, rational people could have believed the absurd Doomsday prophecies of some 89-year-old Bible-bas...

I'm just putting the finishing touches on the best blog post ever, the post that'll go down in history. It will feature the followi...