The words ‘English grammar’ have the ability to make even the most fanatical of language pedants yawn in stultified flaccidity. Tenses, clauses and participles might sound like exercises a sadistic personal trainer instructs, yet they’re essential components of a grammatical work-out. Over the centuries, style guides have remained archaic and humdrum; rote learning an embittered English [...]

Anyone who has ever lived Paris knows there’s more to it than mounting a giant metal phallus … and climbing the Eiffel Tower. Beyond the tours of landmarks, sleazy cabaret shows and the cafés exists a world that slowly reveals itself like a high-end burlesque dancer; never showing you completely everything, just flashing a bit [...]

Traditionally, when a boy’s father sees him playing with dolls, he receives a clip behind the ears so firm it sends the scissors sailing across the room; never to play with anything other than Lego again. However, with men as well turned-out as they are today and with wardrobes to rival their female counterparts, a little [...]

It seems that a home brewing is a rite of passage/mid-life crisis most men will experience at least once, and if they’re lucky, the only time they’ll ever have to encounter yeast. Yes, I even repulsed myself. Most have heard tales of a brewing disaster: exploding bottles in the middle of the night that sound like [...]