This is not the news* – Medium

This is not the news*

This is not the news*

Building bridges from the sublime to the ridiculous

Bridges are often used by politicians as metaphors to labour whatever point it is they want to get across in relation to the political…

Sep 16, 2019

Sep 16, 2019

This is not the news*

I pity the fool who would become the Mayor of Nightlife?!

So, there I was, being a humble columnist, browsing Facebook for the latest news and hoping to find a juicy tidbit to poach for this piece…

Aug 13, 2019

Aug 13, 2019

This is not the news*

Boris Johnson’s Britain: smack-brained, dope-sick, milk-shook

“Being controversial in politics is inevitable. If an individual wants to be a leader and isn’t controversial, that means he never stood…

Jul 27, 2019

Jul 27, 2019

This is not the news*

The ancient art of dishwasher stacking is dying

My crockery is crocked and I cannot cope!

Jul 24, 2019

Jul 24, 2019

This is not the news*

Election Special!

Elections are a minor inconvenience which we must all suffer periodically to sustain a healthy democracy.

May 26, 2019

Election Special!

May 26, 2019

This is not the news*

The science of sex & other stories of top shaggers: from turkeys to Tiger

[A disclosure: your present columnist has never been good at, or interested in, matters of a scientific nature, but nonetheless the…

Apr 27, 2019

Apr 27, 2019

This is not the news*

The triggered Twitter trench warriors and the Irish writer — a 21st century tradition??

It all started with an opinion article in The Irish Times — as it so often does. Once upon a time, wars used to start because young lads…

Apr 19, 2019

Apr 19, 2019

This is not the news*

Tits, Ass, and Poor Taste (for once it wasn’t the politicians..)

Extinction Rebellion: sounds like a bad punk band name, doesn’t it? Or, perhaps a bad-(ass) OTC diarrhoea remedy. In truth, it is neither…

Apr 16, 2019

Apr 16, 2019

This is not the news*

Frankie’s freakout, Trump on turbines, and the D.U.Piggy in the middle

Pope Francis had a freakout recently because some filthy perverted conservative Catholics (yes, there apparently are Catholics out there…

Mar 31, 2019

Mar 31, 2019

This is not the news*

Wotsit we mendicants have to do to make Leo love us like Lisa & meditations (& medications) on…

Right. That’s it. I’ve found it out. After a week away* What’s it? you say, intrigued and hungry for British cheesy crisps. They call them…

Mar 24, 2019

Mar 24, 2019

This is not the news*

This is not the news*

*chewing the news up and spitting it out.. may contain nuts, definitely contains colourful bloody language.

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