Dear Pearl, A mother in Burnie Park recently told me that her child had hand, foot and mouth disease and that it may be best if my son didn’t play with her. Of course, when I turned around it was already too late. What...

It was probably in the days when Donald Trump still sported his own head of hair, but at some time in the not-too-distant past, the concept of free-market liberalism became synonymous with evil. Capitalist philosophy was...

Young Eddie had been having a frustrating run of bad luck with the ladies. He knew he was only in a slump, but the lack of female companionship had him in quite a depressed state. Luckily, Eddie’s mate Kevin came to th...

With a population of over 20 million people, Ho Chi Minh City is one of the busiest places in the world. Add nine million motorbikes/scooters, plus cars, trucks and cyclists, and the volume of traffic is overwhelming. At...

Some addictions seem hard to break, like plastic. It’s all around us – in shopping bags, bottles, food packaging, furniture, nappies, containers, appliances, and even our clothing and disposable coffee cups. Scarily,...