What kind of stuff do you have to deal with after a festival? Jewellery, phones, money, drugs, camping gear and alcohol are lost and abandoned in the festering aftermath and it is all found: Hundreds of litter pickers stand shoulder-to-shoulder and walk every inch of the site...
While “how to escape from quicksand” might sound like something that only applies to Indiana Jones, the stuff is actually more common than you might think. It’s true: Just because you don’t think you pass a quicksand pit on your way to work doesn’t mean that it’s...
“The good Lord would never disrupt the best game of my life.” These are among the famous last words of the “Bishop” in Caddyshack before he’s struck by lightning, destroying his chances to set the Bushwood course record and sending him on an epic, un-Godly bender. Even...
You haven’t felt true cold until you’ve sat on the toilet when it’s dropped below freezing outside. It’s an experience only the staunchest of masochists would enjoy. But, thinking about it, surely human ingenuity can outwit a chilly piece of porcelain? We went searching far and wide...
“MOTHERF*****!” That’s my curse word of choice every time I drop something, or bang my motherf***ing knee into my motherf***ing desk a-motherf***ing-gain. But then, perhaps I shouldn’t call it my word of choice, because it feels completely involuntary: I can’t help myself from blasting out this phrase every single...