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Long before women were allowed to express themselves fully, the Marquis de Sade said that "the way to a woman's heart is along the path of torment". This was recently quoted in Claudia's Croft interview with Christian Louboutin who stated that, "a little discomfort is balanced by something else, which has to do with desire." Have the French spoken? Continue reading...
I grow a few acres of asparagus on my farm in Kent and this year I have looked on helplessly as the asparagus first sulked underground in the rain and cold, refusing to grow at all and then shot up faster than we could pick it as soon as the sun came out. With this small taste of the unpredictability of farming life, my respect for our farm shop partners grows and grows. Continue reading...
The Beach Boys have just released their first album of original material in 20 years, marking both their 50th anniversary as a band and the power of commercial forces to help individuals put aside their grievances. Continue reading...
Ironically, today's 'Mashco-Piro' are believed to be the descendants of indigenous people slaughtered and driven out of their homes by a rubber mogul named Carlos Fermin Fitzcarrald in the late 19th century. Guess who almost played Fitzcarrald in a 1980s film by Werner Herzog and even shot a few scenes in Peru? Mick Jagger. Continue reading...
Bisexuals, of course, might be in either opposite-sex or same-sex relationships, and if it's the latter, they too might want to marry their same-sex partners just as much as some homosexuals do. Bisexuals, too, have fought for equal access to marriage (and other rights) and yet seem to be regularly erased from the picture. Continue reading...
There is one area of frequent enquiry that streams my way, where I feel that I am not ideally qualified to comment. Doctors in Afghanistan are at best soothsayers, at worse fraudsters. Continue reading...
German police earlier this week were reported to have arrested Luka Rocco Magnotta, a former porn actor suspected of mailing severed body parts to Canadian political party offices, but in the meantime yet another series of grisly twists have emerged in this harrowing tale. Warning: this article contains explicit and disturbing content. Continue reading...
Have you ever declined an invitation because your battery symbol has just gone from yellow to red? Do you obsessively check the little green gauge to ensure that you are not wasting excessive power? How about that snakes-nest of chargers you travel with, just in case? If you're anything like me then you're a constant prisoner to your phone's very limited power-supply. Continue reading...
I've been conferencing in Copenhagen this week with the global banking elite. Despite the huge and urgent stresses on the global economic system - the presence of some of the key leaders in the sector has been impressive. Continue reading...
Firstly, DON'T PANIC - Father's Day is NEXT Sunday (17th June), in the UK. This is just a heads up with a few ideas all available to buy online for anyone who doesn't want to run the rain gauntlet or waste any lesser spotted sunny spells trekking round the shops looking for presents. Continue reading...
As we prepare for the Rio Earth Summit later this month, it is hard not to have a sense that this generation of adults are collectively failing our children. Continue reading...
I mean, Shakespeare's words were pretty good the first time around. Why bother trying to reinvent a fast and elegant wheel? Continue reading...
It is anticipated that the most controversial concept contained in the formal submission, created by Adrian Beecroft, who wants employers to be able to sack staff at will in an effort to kick-start the economy, will be killed off later today. Continue reading...
I, Fatty by Jerry Stahl tells the life of the silent film actor Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle in the first person, which means that, even though Arbuckle was a real person, Stahl has given him a fictional voice. Continue reading...
If the stars of the game can't play by the rules what message does this send to the billions of fans and millions of players, coaches and referees worldwide? Continue reading...
The dangerously evolving Spanish banking problem should now ring alarm bells in the EU and the UK. It is time to recognize that the eurozone has a banking crisis that is bigger than the sovereign debt problem. Continue reading...
Kofi Annan was too diplomatic to say it in public, but his meaning as he "briefed" the United Nations General Assembly Thursday on the continuing strife in Syria was unmistakable: Russia has failed. Continue reading...
Now that the dust has settled and the rain has stopped, let's look at the past few days that have been such a boon to the Far Eastern makers of red, blue and white cheap plastic fluttering tat. There must have been container ships full of the stuff, advancing across the high seas since the turn of the year. Continue reading...
Last week we were all shocked by the heartbreaking photos of Hope the dog who was found emaciated and half the weight she should have been. She was described by a vet as the thinnest dog she'd seen alive. Continue reading...
After a week of hanging out in Mexican brothels, I was no nearer to the story I was investigating on the disappearance of thousands of Honduran women. Continue reading...
Recently I settled in to listen to In Business with BBC journalist Peter Day. Innovation and transformation of people's lives, economies, etc., is very much part of the No Straight Lines project so I was thrilled to hear Professor Jaideep Prabhu from the Cambridge University Judge Business school and Professor Anil Gupta from the Indian Institute of Management talk about Jugaad Innovation. Continue reading...
The question many organisations have to ask themselves is - are they ready to hack the future and create it? Continue reading...
The Royal Bank of Scotland's annual general meeting was once a genteel affair frequented by ladies from Morningside. But it is becoming more and more bizarre with each passing year and the surrealistic nature of the event has intensified since the Edinburgh-based institution was bailed out with £45.5 billion of taxpayers' money. Continue reading...
