I need to find myself a new remedy for headaches. Paracetamol doesn’t seem to work. Ibuprofen does, but then leaves me gasping for breath. Maybe it’s time to try something natural.
You recognise the truth, but you fear the reaction of your family, community or peers. I’m sorry to say this, but you’re just going to have to be brave. My parents were Christian clergy, while various relatives were fervent missionaries. My wife had to face her brothers who were all staunch secularists, rabidly opposed to …
A day trip it is then. I look forward to two Do & Co inflight meals and catching up on a few unseen films. I don’t mind, as long as there’s no extreme turbulence on the way.
The logistics of a day return to Istanbul and back prove taxing. Why on earth, you might ask? Why not make a long weekend of it? Well, it’s February, so the city will be bleak and cold. In any case, this is no leisure trip. The plan is to safely deliver my elderly mother-in-law to …
First they said they would not rest until Hamas was completely removed from Gaza. Now they say they will not rest until UNWRA is completely dismantled in Palestine. It is Bin Laden morphing into Saddam Hussain all over again, only this time the target is a United Nations humanitarian agency. Will ordinary people be taken …
It’s funny living with a teenager learning model anwers by rote in preparation for their Mocks. At dinner, when I pointed out their parents are not complete illiterates, they look this as a challenge. “Okay then, let me test you,” they said. There followed a sample exam question extracted straight from their forelock. I proffered …
If I was Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk, I wouldn’t be dreaming of terraforming Mars. I’d be striving to regreen the deserts of earth.
See how the G7 nations behave like playground bullies, all while pretending to be prefects.
I find it so strange that the fidelity of Microsoft Office documents opened in Microsoft web apps is so poor, while the same opened in OnlyOffice is nearly perfect. How come the format owner gets it so wrong, while a third-party pulls it off seamlessly? Maybe it’s time megacorp ploughed its trillions back into their …
Don’t worry about the custard creams. I’ve put them in a safe place. My stomach.
Back where we started. The post I fixed last summer held strong. But the next one along? Its turn to fail, wrecking my repairs. I suppose I will have to stump up the cash and get the lot properly repaired by a professional. Though perhaps I will wait for the winter storms to pass. Alas, …
The places we get attached to. Strange. To be sure, were it not for it being the hometown of my beloved, that easterly town would never have attracted me. As it is, I have a fondness for that unassuming place on the shores of the Black Sea. Soon enough I grow homesick, yearning to return. …
The propaganda of decades, utilised to sell wars without end, has come tumbling down. All the world can now see who the terrorised are, as death and destruction is rained down on them without pause. The warmongers no longer control the narrative. The world now sees the truth. The lies upon lies unmasked.
If we weren’t Muslim, the way I met my wife would have been described as a blind date. As it is, it was tagged as an arranged marriage. But I can live with that. We arranged to meet at the registry office. Twenty-three years on, I can see how we might have done things differently. …
These people have it.
