Charles Bukowski: Love is a dog from hell
Charles Bukowski used to write with his head, and forgot the heart very often. He was born in Germany but spent most of his life …
On DVD: The Immaturity of The American Male
In my Netflix queue, a bunch of independent movies about the immaturity of the American Male. And a movie about a woman who wants to …
Road Trip Renaissance
Motor related mumbling is a pretty standard feature of everyday conversation – traffic, fuel prices, insurance costs… you get the idea. And yes, driving most …
Kony 2012 and Social Networking Fad Culture
I am writing to you from England. The time is 1.25am on the 21st of April, and tonight, apparently, thousands of people around the world …
Poet in the City: Nobel Laureate Tomas Tranströmer
2011’s Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Tomas Tranströmer, one of Scandinavia’s best loved poets. The 80-year-old Swede suffered a devastating stroke in 1990 …