‘with a man…’ by Tokizane Shinko (1987)
with a man who is merely a male i look beyond the sea osu de aru dake no otoko to mite iru oki 1987. Translation by Makoto Ueda.
‘I Didn’t Feel Like Running’ Says Man After Cross-Country Chase For Mew
It has been described as an epic journey of self discovery, from Cape Reinga at the northernmost tip of New Zealand’s North Island, all the way to Bluff and beyond in the far south, but as he finally came to a standstill after a remarkable one week and four days, a panting Noah Nu’kafusi told incredulous reporters, ‘I didn’t feel like…
Ten Disney Songs That Would Terrify The Beast
The Beast is back, dumped by Belle after she skim-read all the books in his library, and deciding that she rather prefers a man with copious amounts of facial hair, absconded in the middle of the night for the frolics and japes of her old village. Understandably the Beast is none too impressed. He skulks about his oversized castle, transformed…
‘Auguries of Innocence’ by William Blake (1803)
To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour A Robin Red breast in a Cage Puts all Heaven in a Rage A Dove house filld with Doves & Pigeons Shudders Hell thr’ all its regions A dog starvd at…
Perfect Triangle Turns Square In UFC Women’s Bantamweight Division
First there was one, and she was clever as clever, and we thought she would rule for ever and ever. Then there were two and the UFC had to find somebody else to lay the golden eggs, but could at least start plotting a tale of gutsy determination and gory revenge. Then a third came along and behold, we had ourselves a…
Leadsom To Get Rid Of Forests And Find Pesky Foxes
When Andrea Leadsom became Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change last year, serving under Secretary of State Amber Rudd, she recalled asking her new department two crucial questions. In her own words: ‘When I first came to this job one of my two questions was ‘Is climate change real?’ and the other was ‘Is hydraulic fracturing safe?’ And…
Quoth The Raven ‘Nevermore’ As Levy Spoils Lesnar’s UFC Comeback
He was supposed to fight the heavy-handed New Zealander Mark Hunt in the co-main event of UFC 200 on Saturday, a momentous return to the sport after last featuring all the way back in December 2011. So much rested on the bout, which had been scheduled at all costs after the fiasco around Conor McGregor. A whopping paycheck was already…
‘Pushkin’ by Anna Akhmatova (1911)
A swarthy young boy lolled down pathways By himself at the edge of the lake. For a hundred long years we have cherished The slight rustle his far footsteps make. The thick, prickly fir-needles pile up Above the low stumps of each tree… Here’s his three-cornered hat and a dog-eared Volume of verse by Parny. 1911. Translation by Vladimir Markov…
Liam Fox Arrives In Theresa May’s Cabinet On A Package Deal
Adam Werritty last night pressed his prettiest panties and packed them tightly into the suitcase which has lain dormant for the best part of five years. It is not that Werritty hasn’t travelled abroad in all that time, but rather that this suitcase is a special suitcase, full to the brim with old documents pertaining to the defunct fake charity the Atlantic…