Does this, my dearios, not sound like the setup for a 1970s dystopian novel: Rubbed out: the riddle of Love Island (scroll down): [L]ist of villa rules... no books or magazines, no more than two drinks per evening, no being naked (I don’t know how that can possibly be enforced, seeing that the show is pretty much a celebration of the human body and ( Read more... )

Well, I am all for quiet carriages and minimising the aural impact of one's fellow passengers, but does not 'psychotherapist and writer' quoted in the article muddle together chosen and unchosen sound effects? There is a difference between having to listen to somebody else's transistor radio and having your own carefully curated mixtape on your ( Read more... )

Glancing through the comments to last week's dilemma in today's 'Private Lives' in Guardian G2, I was creeped out by the description of working environment here:
As I’ve got older, I’ve realised that being quiet is seen as a flaw and from experience, especially in the workplace, being quiet frustrates people because they want you to be open and ( Read more... )

Thinking about the recent naming and shaming of an online scumbag, and the fact that apparently there are people out there who think that breaking the Code of Online Anonymity is far worse than violating the privacy of random (female) individuals...

Are we not, my dearios, reminded somewhat of the Schoolboy Code of Honour, whereby it was Not Done ( Read more... )