Here’s a tedious point – the names we assign to things are important as to how people perceive those things. Take my friends Hing and Pat. After months of being teased as nerds for their weekly games of Chess, they started calling it King Hunter and have never looked back. Similarly, when I was growing … Continue reading »

At the end of last year I was walking through central London with my girlfriend when something caused her to grab my arm and scream. She was pointing at a bus about 50 metres down the street. The bus posed no immediate threat to us or anyone in the area, so I began to feel … Continue reading »

A little while ago I was asked to participate in a comedy debate at the University of Sydney. I agreed immediately, mainly because, having dropped out a year beforehand, the idea of wearing a mortar board and beating the Vice Chancellor in a debate made me feel like I had, in some perverse way, found … Continue reading »