And opens up an entire can of worms for all involved. — Like most earthlings attired in black and white attire, I pride myself on professional levels of refereeing — so before I get into the meat of this article we’re going to do one of those fist-bumps boxers do. People have different ideas about society and what it looks like but…

Five things you’re allowed to know about my identity and four things you’re not. — What constitutes your identity? If society is determined that we play identity politics then this is a question I feel compelled to ask. Who gets to define the parameters of who I am. What’s their agenda and why does it matter? Here are five things I think I have defined…

Because the best writing is the name of the game on the good ship Medium — One of my many frustrations with this platform is that some of the best writing is hidden away in little corners where it cannot be easily found. …

The power of tattling to Mum and Daddy Medium is overrated and overused. — I’ve just read a bizarre comment thread about the suspension of David Perlmutter. In which the writer put forward one opinion, got mobbed and then issued a retraction to their original position. I’d very much like to sit in the centre ground and bang out a quickly written thought piece…

But only if someone can keep scoring him more of this banging friskie powder. — Rishi Sunak has said he is “fired up” and “entirely confident” he can win the next U.K. general election as he staggered out of a New Delhi G20 bathroom his nose coated in a fine white powder. “I’m the fucking best!” he exclaimed, before humming Eye of The Tiger and…

You do the grunt work, I’ll do the fun stuff — There’s a lot of concern about ChatGPT taking all the money and creativity away from writers. I’m not concerned, and in case it’s not obvious from this opening sentence, I welcome the continuing involvement and proposed takeover of our robot overlords. I will not be first against the wall when…

Why your main order of property profit comes with a side order of espionage. — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has raised ‘very strong concerns’ with Chinese Premier Li Qiang after MI5 discovered a few Chinese spies working in British parliament. Sunak was delighted to make everyone’s afternoon at the G20 really awkward by raising the issue over a champagne brunch. He added that his…

Putin’s and Kim Jong Un are having a sleepover and you’re not invited. — In a surprise move, shocking the entire Western world, Vladimir Putin has been calling for Russia and North Korea to intensify their ties. Rumours abound of a meeting between the two scheduled to happen within the next few days. “I am convinced that thanks to our joint efforts we will…

Bringing you the latest Penguin news and putting it straight in your eyes. — This summer was the hottest on record “by… like, fucking loads’ the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said from the beach on Wednesday this week. The global average temperature was 16.77 degrees Celsius, which’s 0.66C above what it was between 1991–2020. Deputy Director of the CCCS, Samantha Burgess, dressed only…