Now then, no laughing or fnarring. This is a serious matter. I’ve been putting together a sequel to The Prostitution Conversation – Part One, but I keep finding myself hitting a wall. As I wandered down the alleys of sexuality, male and female, paid and unpaid, I scribbled a few things down (I tend to… [Read more…]
August 29, 2010
This one has come up a lot in conversation recently. There must be something in the air. Basically, there are some aspects of the human-digital interface that are not as wonderful as the rest. So. There’s someone you can’t have. They don’t love you. This might be for several reasons: because a relationship ended, because… [Read more…]
July 23, 2010
This week’s Pod Delusion has a fine range of topics. This time I’m talking about Alcoholics Anonymous, as it’s their 75th anniversary this year. Among other things, I discuss the Higher Power and woo, some of the pros and cons, and why it works really well for some people, but not as many as everyone… [Read more…]
July 16, 2010
There seem to be quite a few of these RIP Raoul Moat Facebook groups remaining, despite David Cameron’s mini-blitzkrieg. There’s a whole range of opinions expressed on them, some even approaching debate: donna at the end off the day his gf fooked his ed up she the one to bleam if sge hadent off tould… [Read more…]
July 11, 2010
There comes a time in most women’s lives when you suddenly don’t have enough money. Whatever level you’re at, high-powered or unemployed, and whatever your outgoings are, you realise that there isn’t enough coming in. The situation may also be frog-in-a-pot gradual, and you’ve just been in denial about it. And then you run into… [Read more…]
July 9, 2010
Check out this week’s Pod Delusion podcast. I’m talking about women and invisibility. This was partly sparked by going to a discussion at the Cottesloe Theatre, with Joan Bakewell, Harriet Walter and Jill Kennington, hosted by Stephanie Merritt. The event was held to celebrate the photography exhibition Infinite Variety, which celebrates older women. It was… [Read more…]
June 22, 2010
I replaced ‘very’ with ‘rather’, up there in the title. It seemed more fitting. I was very sad to hear of the death of Sebastian Horsley last week. I knew him only slightly, having met him a couple of years ago, but I went to the launch of Tim Fountain‘s lively and very entertaining stage… [Read more…]
June 11, 2010
The new Pod Delusion podcast, episode 37, is out now. This time I’m talking about excommunication, in the light of the sad and infuriating case of Sister Margaret McBride. I also mention the awful case of the nine year old Brazilian girl who had been raped and was pregnant with twins – but apparently an… [Read more…]
June 4, 2010
I stated firmly to myself a while ago that I wasn’t going to blog about my appearance, lifestyle, health, or relationships, but then I remembered that since I wrote an entire memoir about my life, along with various features in the national press, it would be a bit coy and ridiculous to suddenly clam up… [Read more…]
May 28, 2010
Check out The Pod Delusion, episode 35, in which I have a pop at the idea that new technology is contributing to the (alleged) increase in loneliness. I felt like saying something after listening to an episode of Radio Four’s You and Yours earlier in the week, entitled Is Modern Life Making You Lonely?. I… [Read more…]
September 9, 2010
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