All of humanity can be viewed in a checkout on a busy midweek lunchtime. Where Buddha taught patience dealing with the old and infirm, two old grannies were about to ruin my day. Some days I just run out of luck. The milk had been guzzled by the kids and…

“I got a present for you, Luv. It was from your Nan. She meant to give it to you before…you know. She couldn’t wait for today.” Nan passed away last week. Nothing dramatic. She was old and died in her sleep. She was looking forward to the Jubilee. …

Greatness is in the eye of the beholder. Your peers deem you worthy of greatness. Without recognition, you are simply a talented artist struggling for a living, no matter how awe-inspiring your work may be. If your peers elevate your status, what role does the public play? Are bums on…

Poor Lot. His wife was turned into a pillar of salt. His adopted homeland was razed to the ground. And his daughters took turns seducing him after they got him blind drunk. How did one man become the footnote for all that is evil in the world? Was Lot a…

It’s okay. He wasn’t consciously being racist. Ex Football Manager of Crawley, John Yems, isn’t a racist according to an independent panel that declared Yems innocent of racism. In order to be a racist (according to the independent ruling panel), you need to be deliberately racist. Microaggressions don’t count. Casual racism…

Centuries ago, the Jewish population thrived in the Middle East and North Africa. Countries such as Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia, and Algeria all had large Jewish communities. יהודי המִזְרָח — Mizrahim Jews was a political sociological term that was coined with the creation of the…

The grumbling, mumbling presence of Marlon Brando. An unmistakable actor who had built a career on being incomprehensible. The world’s number one master of method-acting and mumblecore. How does one get away with doing so little and becoming so huge (literally)? Was he really that good in Apocalypse Now? It…

It’s a fun spot for Mcdonald's. Utilizing Yello’s classic 80s theme tune, ‘Oh Yeah’ (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off), the short ad takes you through an office with everybody shutting down for lunch as they all head off to Maccas. By raising their arches/eyebrows, the not-too-subtle signal is sent out to…

What more can you say? How do you answer a Holocaust survivor who questions your choice of rhetoric? Do you stick to the party line? …