The Science of Procrastination
Whether it’s a university essay, a business presentation, or simply cleaning up your room. Everybody procrastinates...
London’s Love Affair with Fermented Foods
Almost as long as people have been eating food, they’ve been fermenting it. Pre-refrigeration, fermentation was a practical way of extending the...
London Skyscrapers: Tall Buildings, Low Morals
London is no Manhattan when it comes to skyscrapers. Our versions appear slight, mere toothpicks in comparison to NYC superstructures. But while the U
Digital Trespassing
I'm homebound at 5.45pm on the Piccadilly line. My face is inches away from an armpit to my left, I'm being elbowed from the right, and the person beh
Quintessentially British: Darling, You’re Hysterical!
Before doctors were able to sufficiently test patients or medicines and remedies; the world was a very different place. People were given opium for...
Quintessentially British: Thou Shalt Not Haggle!
There is a fine line between accepting a bargain and actually asking for one that we tend to find difficult to cross. On our little island we seem to.
Modern Medicine: The Quick Fix
We live in the age of information; our environment continually shouts and flashes at us to be smarter, fitter and richer. We are surrounded by images.
Do We Really Need Reality?
This century is marked by technological takeover; but more than technology it is marked by illusion. Forget lying politicians, we’re busy lying to o
Quintessentially British: Barristers Wigs
So where does this long standing British tradition come from? Well, ironically enough, wigs first made an appearance in the Courts as a fashion statem