There is a scene towards the end of the 2001 comedy film Zoolander, when the antagonist, played wonderfully by Will Ferrell, cries out: “’Blue Steel’? ‘Ferrari’? ‘Le Tigre’? They’re the same face! Doesn’t anyone notice this? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills!” The moment was so noteworthy that it has become a central meme in the online community. This week saw the 2018 Midterms in the US. 2016 successfully shifted the paradigm in politics and its cultural impact in ways no o

It's a Saturday morning and I'm tired. This isn't because I didn't sleep well, and it's not because I was out in London until the early hours of the morning. In fact, last night I had a nice family dinner and went to bed early to catch up on some sleep. Because I was tired. My evening Twitter feed was filled with another acid attack in London. The police are searching for two teenage(!) boys who orchestrated the horrific attack affecting five victims in just 90 minutes. The i

‘Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.’ The audacity of such a leader! How dare he/she/xi demand I must contribute to a society in a way that benefits everyone. What if I need help? What about my problems? Who will care for me? I hope, reader, you know me well enough by now to know that these musings above are hyperbole and what I can only imagine is the genuine interpretation of JFK’s famous line by modern day young people. It begs t

President Trump. It’s official. When the president met with the president-elect today in The White House, it confirmed our fear/hopes — Trump did it. In perhaps the biggest and greatest act of political revenge ever, Obama will be giving the keys of his home to the very man who questioned his presidential validity. I lived in New York for three years, and learnt to understand — or tolerate — the social change in America. Right now, it’s pretty bad. The hyperbolic US press doe