nickhereandnow

When Jenny and I are in a restaurant, we're always aware that tips added to a credit card payment may never reach the server but be stea...

Back in 2013 I listed some of the modern-day trends that I simply don't understand. Things that leave me scratching my head in bewilderm...

I lost my faith in politicians a long time ago, and this sort of thing is why - the ongoing anarchy in the Holylands area of Belfast, an are...

For the life of me I don't understand why so many people want to be famous. I can understand wanting to be rich and never having any mor...

I tend to assume that everything in a biography/ autobiography/ memoir must be true because they're based on real lives and real people....

Winning a fortune may seem like a wonderful idea, but the reality may not be so enjoyable. All sorts of unforeseen conse-quences could make ...

When I think of my parents (both now dead), I have a strong sense of loss. But it's not the loss of what was, or what they meant to me. ...

Apparently a majority of men (53%) have negative feelings about their body image, which isn't far off the figure for women (62%). They d...

I'm endlessly amazed at the dotty projects local councils get up to, quite often ignoring widespread advice that the project is dotty an...

It's the custom to pass on your inheritance (if you're lucky enough to have one) to your offspring or other family members. Eyebrows...

I have a problem with novels that other people don't seem to have. I find it very hard to conjure up a vivid mental picture of the chara...

Social phobias of one kind or another are very common, and one of them is fear of public speaking. That's certainly one of my own fears,...

I know I've got a slight bee in my bonnet, but I can't help noticing that a lot of people are getting more aggressive and abusive, a...

It's easy to take for granted in a relationship that your partner can be trusted - that they'll do what they say, behave the way you...

There are two types of nostalgia, and I don't subscribe to either of them. There's nostalgia meaning a belief in some sort of golden...

What really struck me as I was watching an Amy Winehouse documentary last night (she died ten years ago yesterday) was how many people happi...

So to continue the plane theme, it's amazing what people like us put up with in economy class when we simply can't afford anything b...

I've always been captivated by planes. As someone with no understan-ding at all of aerodyn-amics, I constantly marvel that these incredi...

It's terrible getting old, people say. You've got aches and pains every-where, people don't respect you any more, you're baf...

People who've been fortunate in life often take it for granted. They take their life and whatever they've achieved as the natural or...