The Japanese are known for their politesse on public transport. Anyone who has travelled the Tokyo subway and has suffered the fate of their mobile phone ringing, spoken too loudly or dared breathe will know the scorn they’ll receive from fellow commuters. All etiquette stems from practicality and the observation of simple rules make the [...]

Those most gentlemanly and ladylike certainly never drink to the point of oblivion, but sometimes that alter-ego that has been repressed beneath impeccable grooming and upstanding decorum occasionally makes a bolt for it and rears its ugly head, breaking into a nudie-run across lines of sanity and common decency. Mine is named One Shoe Dan. One [...]

Always here to help, your Agony Uncle takes a stab at this week’s simpler quandaries. Don’t forget to ask him to analyse your issue by clicking here. How much liver pain is too much? @adamfyfe, Twitter I’m no physician, but if you’re holding it in your hands, it’s time to lay off the booze and check [...]

New York artist, Jason Shelowitz or Jayshells surveyed 100 people in true Family Feud style as to what they considered the worst habits on public transport. His commuter gripes were transformed into a top ten of appalling behaviour on public transport. They were: Religion Hygiene Staircases Eating Garbage Seating Priority Physical Contact Entering Trains Noise Pollution Nail [...]

Hailing a cab in Mexico is now just that extra bit more difficult if you’re bloke. The city of Puebla is the latest municipality to provide a taxi service exclusively for women. Designed to reduce attacks on women by pervy drivers, the fleet of thirty-five hot pink Chevrolets are driven by women who will not [...]

I know I’ve been promising it for a while, but I am pleased to present to you the long-awaited travel feature and my first piece for Finch’s Quarterly Review. If you click on over to their site you have the opportunity to witness a high-resolution image of my ugly mug taken by the talented Antonia [...]