ARTICLES | Johndolanauthor

Jun 7

It's Not Just Real Ale That's Flat

It’s a little-know fact that the Flat Earth Society has members all around the globe. OK, it’s only January. Enough of the sarcasm. I was...

Dec 1, 2019

It's Just One Cover-up After Another

In my last Newsletter, I rabbited on about why sex might be the true cause of human-influenced climate change (assuming such a phenomenon...

Nov 1, 2019

Rising Passions, Rising Sea Levels

Given all the international media noise this year about the ongoing Trump soap-opera in the USA, the endless UK Parliamentary dithering o...

Aug 21, 2019

Let's Get To The Meat

Cannibalism is more common than you might think. In the animal kingdom it has been observed and documented in over 1,500 species (don’t b...

Jun 23, 2019

Sometimes, Relief Comes in One-Liners

Ever felt depressed? Of course you have. Everybody does now and again. Some unlucky souls suffer from recurrent or nigh-permanent depress...

Mar 28, 2019

Writing About Foreign Parts: Presumptuous Advice for Writers

OK, let’s be clear about a couple of things before we start. First, the ‘foreign parts’ I’m talking about are not genitalia attached to s...

Nov 23, 2018

No Sun, No Smiles, November

No sun, no smiles, November. It’s either November in London or I’m on the abandoned set of ‘The Walking Dead’. Most people I encounter lo...

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