Once, while sitting in the cinema, I watched a man in the row in front open a Tupperware box and proceed to eat its contents. I remember initially feeling admiration for that amount of dedication to meal prep. Then the smell, like microwaved cat food hit me, and my feelings toward him quickly changed. Making… Read More

In 1965, a 27-year-old morbidly obese man weighing a terrifying 207kg walked into the royal infirmary in Dundee and told the doctors he was going to starve himself in a bid to lose weight. As you might imagine, the doctors advised against this rather extreme cause of action, but the man was not interested. Whatever… Read More

I’ve always been a big James Bond fan and one of my favourites is Goldfinger. Despite having a great plot, a legendary set of characters with some outstanding names (Pussy Galore anyone), it has some genuinely cool scenes. One that stands out is when 007 has to stop a nuclear bomb from going off. On… Read More

I find it hard to pick my all-time favourite pizza, but if the mood takes me I do love the smooch destroying combination of anchovies, capers, garlic, and black olives. I ate such a pizza in the middle of a diet a couple of years ago. Because I’d set calories across the week to allow… Read More

Maybe I’m a weirdo, but I think starting a diet can be fun. I know, I know, if you’re trying to lose weight you can’t wolf down pastries with your previous level of gay abandon. You certainly can’t quaff quite the same number of pornstar martinis on a Friday, and the second bacon sandwich of… Read More

I like a natter. I think it’s the northerner in me that’s used to standing with a cup of tea chatting away with anyone who would pop up at the kitchen door for a chinwag when I was growing up. It’s fairly natural then, for me to want to talk to the people I work… Read More

When I’m in an airport, as I am now, I can’t help wondering about the lives of the people I briefly encounter. I ponder where they’re going, if there’s anyone waiting for them there, or missing them while they’re away. Mostly, like me, people sit quietly scrolling on their phones while they wait for their… Read More

The experiment was simple enough. A computer screen contained a square on the left-hand side and a circle on the right. All you had to do was drag the circle into the square by using a mouse. When you did, a new circle appeared. The aim of the game was to drag as many circles… Read More

I remember the first time I tried beer. A sip of my Dad’s can of McEwan’s Export. It was bitter and weird tasting and I instantly disliked it. Despite being fascinated as to why adults drank this stuff, I decided it wasn’t for me. It was the same with coffee. On my first try, I… Read More

By Bee Williams When I played dress-up Spice girls as a kid I always got given sporty spice, but I really wanted to be Ginger Spice. Partly because Geri was always the coolest and most outspoken, but also because being Sporty Spice had the worst outfits. To remind you, it was tracksuit bottoms and normally… Read More