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Very British Problems: Why are we obsessed with cocaine?

The late Anthony Bourdain once observed: “In England man, it’s like 1986 over there. Everyone’s doing Charlie. I really hope I never spoke like they do. Every other word is an endless stream of bullshit. Yammering half drunk… God I get contact paranoia just going over there.” Not an encouraging endorsement from a man who was once an addict himself. But he’s not wrong. The Guardian reported that more than 6.2% of all 15 to 34-year-olds in the UK confess to using cocaine in the past year, We have the dubious accolade of cocaine capital of Europe, and the problem [...]

Should your sex life be more vegan?…seriously

Veganism – once the preserve of hemp-clad worthy types best avoided at parties – is now mainstream. I realised a tipping point had come when I had to specify “cow’s milk” to an incredulous barista when ordering a flat white last week in Marylebone. So potent is this trend that it’s now infiltrating our sex lives. And not just in a dietary sense. The sexual benefits of a vegan diet have been reported for a while. A high profile PETA advertising campaign two years ago claimed vegans had better sex, and this year’s James Cameron documentary ‘The Game Changers’ famously [...]

For Better or Worse: Launching A Business With Your BFF

You love each other, trust each other and know each other better than anyone else. You share interests and often ideas – including one for an exciting business project together, perhaps. But what is it really like to launch a work venture with your BFF? Startup culture and the exceptional success of companies like Google or Apple have helped romanticise the myth of friends turned billionaire entrepreneurs. Mixing work and relationships is always a risky business. “The rise of micro firms will inevitably lead to friends as business partners,” says Robert Blackburn, the associate dean for research at Kingston University’s business [...]

Very British Problems: Why are we obsessed with cocaine?

The late Anthony Bourdain once observed: “In England man, it’s like 1986 over there. Everyone’s doing Charlie. I really hope I never spoke like they do. Every other word is an endless stream of bullshit. Yammering half drunk… God I get contact paranoia just going over there.” Not an encouraging endorsement from a man who was once an addict himself. But he’s not wrong. The Guardian reported that more than 6.2% of all 15 to 34-year-olds in the UK confess to using cocaine in the past year, We have the dubious accolade of cocaine capital of Europe, and the problem [...]

Should your sex life be more vegan?…seriously

Veganism – once the preserve of hemp-clad worthy types best avoided at parties – is now mainstream. I realised a tipping point had come when I had to specify “cow’s milk” to an incredulous barista when ordering a flat white last week in Marylebone. So potent is this trend that it’s now infiltrating our sex lives. And not just in a dietary sense. The sexual benefits of a vegan diet have been reported for a while. A high profile PETA advertising campaign two years ago claimed vegans had better sex, and this year’s James Cameron documentary ‘The Game Changers’ famously [...]

For Better or Worse: Launching A Business With Your BFF

You love each other, trust each other and know each other better than anyone else. You share interests and often ideas – including one for an exciting business project together, perhaps. But what is it really like to launch a work venture with your BFF? Startup culture and the exceptional success of companies like Google or Apple have helped romanticise the myth of friends turned billionaire entrepreneurs. Mixing work and relationships is always a risky business. “The rise of micro firms will inevitably lead to friends as business partners,” says Robert Blackburn, the associate dean for research at Kingston University’s business [...]

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