It’s their night of nights and a great spectacle for those who line Oxford Street to gawp and gaze at leather-clad muscle-bound men and tattooed and pierced short-haired ladies; it’s the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Flesh is the one the prevalent accessory, and while we wouldn’t normally recommend such a public display neither [...]

As modern ladies, you can naturally propose marriage at any time you choose. Life is too short to wait for Mr Right to pluck up the courage, am I wrong? Maybe. Maybe that would be awful and emasculating for Mr Right and he will be forced to say no because he couldn’t bear to tell the [...]

Ah, the written word. How it has inspired generations, started and ended wars, revolutions and coups; and got a lot of people into hot water. We’ve all read/seen Atonement, and learnt how just one little word beginning with ‘C‘ can change an entire individual’s life. Heck, it changed mine when I learnt to embrace it [...]

By virtue of reading I Do Believe I Came with a Hat, you should be a seasoned professional in all pursuits gentlemanly. However, for those who might be new into the fold, or those who’ve recently taken up an unseemly crack addiction and have left their politesse for the pipe, here’s a little refresher course. [...]

This morning was one of those “I have nothing to wear”, “nothing’s clean”, “nothing’s ironed”,  ”I’m the size of a house” kind of mornings. Of course, these only happen when you’re in a hurry, have to vacate the premises to attend a slew of meetings and generally fret unnecessarily even before you’ve had caffeine. So rather than [...]

You’re well advanced in your Valentine’s Day preparations. You’ve worked out your Valentine’s Day personality type from our highly scientific quiz and made adjustments accordingly. You’ve zoned into romance as a concept and you’ve selected your romantic evening activity of choice. All that remains is to ensure you have a playlist to have oh-so-casually playing when [...]

As the clock ticks ever closer to Valentine’s Day, it is time to assess one’s romantic outlook and consider whether we are bringing an air of romance to our every day life or whether our romantic palate is so jaded that we would like to spit on Cupid and perhaps a few other archery enthusiasts [...]

A day that makes men’s wallets quiver with fear, lovers panic with pressure and the single fill with loathsomeness and dismay is coming. Oh yes. We speak of Valentine’s Day, the international day of paying tribute to our lovers past and romances present, while simultaneously enduring stabbing disappointment in our propensity for singularity. The day [...]

London’s Bethnal Green and I share somewhat of a checkered history. Once, my mobile phone was stolen from within the breast pocket as it hung over my chair while I no doubt held up the bar at some seedy dive bar. The same week, my iPod was stolen from the pocket of my overcoat while an [...]

So you’ve racked up another year—congratulations. Birthdays are cause for celebration and if you haven’t consumed the greater part of a gallon of champagne, you’re not doing it right. If there’s one day you shouldn’t be wasting time on Facebook, your birthday is one (days of elective surgery and emergency circumcisions are others). While you [...]