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• Grouchy Introvert's Valentine's Day Manifesto

  Pink and red mush oozing from everywhere, saccharine candy that covertly works on your inevitable tooth decay, and evil flower magnates rubbing their hands in delight; this is the holiday that never really was and never should have been. Think that Valentine’s is great? Then maybe this isn’t the article for you, because I’ll try to change your mind by showing how this disheartening fete can eat away at your logic, composure and self-esteem, even if you don’t know it. There’s some advice on how to survive it too, just to sweeten that pill. You’re welcome.

  14.02.2019

• Movie Fridays: Black Books, or The Good Old Telly of Yore

  The much-talked-of (not least because of a recent biopic with, gasp, Keira Knightley in the lead role) French writer Sidonie Gabrielle Colette famously spoke of January as “this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer’s forehead”, and let’s admit it: she has a point. Want to escape from the harsh reality that expects you to spend your free time between the treadmill and the art gallery, become more zen than Yoda, and quit your hummus obsession? We propose revisiting old TV classics. Here’s one great show to get you started.

  18.01.2019

• How to Survive the Holidays If You’re a Grinch

  Or, for the purposes of this article, an introvert. For I don’t know if my social recluse soulmates will be with me on this one, but I’d happily steal Christmas if I could. Not for banishing it altogether, no, I’m not a dictator (just a Grinch). Nor do I have anything against flashy decorations (bring out the kitsch!) or advent calendars (only what’s the thing with some of them not including a piece of chocolate for December 25? Bloody capitalists), or the children laughing (but dear parents, let’s limit it to the period of, say, 10am to 6pm, capeesh?). I’d just revamp it... slightly. Alas; as of now, this is all just a dream, and we the homebody crowd have to make do with the barbarous, social-interaction-obsessed world order shaped by and for extroverts. So here’s a word of counsel on how to survive the tinsel, the jamborees, and other manifestations of the holiday cheer attack on the senses.

  21.12.2018