Bits Of Me Are Falling Apart by William Leith

Confessions of the ultimate hypochondriac Sunday Business Post, 17 August 2008 We are all doomed. Or, at least, those of us unfortunate enough to be born male now know how doomed we are. After 202 pages of Bits Of Me Are Falling Apart, a day in the life, body and head of William Leith, we’re […]

That new Oasis drivel

Oasis are back – and they’re worse than ever. They’ve been finding it harder to get away with their shameful, career-long dearth of ideas in recent years but, even by their own execrable standards, their forthcoming single, ‘The Shock of the Lightning’ has to be a career low. “Love is a time machine/ Up on the silver screen/ It’s all in […]

FIFA Come To Chelsea’s Moral Rescue By Mugging Mutu

The old sledgehammer to crack a nut trick. Fifa have ordered Adrian Mutu to pay Chelsea £13.68 million in compensation following his positive test for cocaine while at Stamford Bridge in 2005. There are too many annoying aspects to this act of scapegoating but this appears to be completely lost on Chelsea and their lawyers, who […]

About Face

Back in 2008, I had a thoroughly enjoyable stint as male columnist for U Magazine. After this article was originally published, in April 2008, I was charmed to receive a large box of male grooming products from Nivea For Men. I have just rediscovered the ‘Thank You’ mail I intended to send them but failed […]

Viola Watch: One Foot In The Champions League

Fiorentina 2 Slavia Prague 0 A quite unbelievable 30-yard free-kick from Adrian Mutu and an Alberto Gilardino header, and we’re half way to the Champions League. Hail Cesare Prandelli, the world’s finest and most gentlemanly coach. Six years ago, we were in Serie D. Forza Viola!

Pointless Nostalgia: Creamola Foam

I keep getting those emails from people which tell you that if you grew up in ’60s, ’70s or ’80s, you should, by rights, be dead by now because, whereas children these days are wrapped in cotton wool by health and safety “gone mad” and the “nanny state”, we were allowed to go out to […]

This Just-in: King-Sized Tut-Tuts at Hot Leg’s Glasgow Faux Pas

While no one has ever accused ex-Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins of possessing subtlety or panache, a little research could have gone a long way to helping the Glasgow debut of his new “man rock” outfit Hot Leg go a bit more smoothly last night. The ‘Leg were delighting an enthusiastic crowd at King Tut’s Wah […]

Forza Azzurrini

Since the English, and a large quantity of their media, were so mean to Andy Murray during Wimbledon, I’ve decided I won’t be cheering for any non-Scots in “Team GB” at the Olympics. Instead, I’m leaning to the maternal side of my family and throwing my weight behind Italy. In particular, the Azzurrini – Italy’s […]

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski

Thundering journey into the mind of man and dog Sunday Business Post,13 July 2008 Debut novelist David Wroblewski spent ten years crafting The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle and it was worth every minute of his time. It is a giant and captivating work of old-fashioned storytelling, a family saga based around a child’s deep love […]

Killing Joke

There’s an almighty hoo ha (do hoo has come in any other size?) in the media over the Killers’ “afterthought” gig at the Academy on August 20th – a whole night before they play Mawwrleee Pawwrrk. Apart from the happy fact that it’s way cheaper to see them indoors, in comfort, with a proper bar […]