After criticising the invasion of Ukraine, the comedian Sasha Nezlobin, Russia’s answer to Michael Mcintyre, exchanged arena stages for exile and a new kind of stand-up act, performed in a language he is still learning. But his provocative...
If I were a winemaker, I’m not sure I’d want my wine described as a “holiday wine”. It’s the definition of faint praise, the implication being that it’s the sort of wine that can only be enjoyed by drinkers who, in their relaxed holiday mood,...
Visible sharks: 33% This week, our nine-year-old son finally convinced us to let him watch Jaws. He had done his research and pointed out that although, in the 1980s, it was classified as a 15, it had long ago been downgraded to a 12A. Also, he...
Between October and December 1967, more than 450 Singaporean men were rushed to hospital, convinced their penises were shrinking. Some had clamped their shafts with chopsticks, pegged them with clothes pegs, or trussed them with string and...
