This column first appeared in The Sunday Times Lifestyle on 3rd December 2017 HOLIDAY TAX – by Paige Nick So you’re finally going to get a holiday, after this brutal, thankless, long, hard, downgraded, redheaded step-child of a slog of a year, in which we’ve all earned less, and worked more, unless you’re a Zupta,…
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‘Booked up’ by Zapiro
Career bucket lists; for some people it’s meeting the queen, or winning an award, or earning a lot of money. I’ve got to say, featuring in a Zapiro cartoon is very high on mine. Screw the queen (not Freddie Mercury and Brian May, the other one). All the kudos to Karin Barry-McCormack for the killer,…
I won’t judge you if you click here
This column first appeared in the Sunday Times on 12th November 2017 THE CURIOSITY GAP – By Paige Nick I tried to divorce myself last week, citing massive disappointment. If Albert Einstein were alive, you do think he’d ever click on a listicle showing what the children of our favourite famous actors look like now?…
Who’s having the most sex?
This column first appeared in The Sunday Times on 5th November 2017 SUNDAY TIMES SEX SURVEY ANOMALIES – By Paige Nick Are you having tons of wild and crazy sex? Yes, no, maybe, while doing handstands, or all of the above? No, don’t tell me, I’ll tell you. The Sunday Times sex survey has had…
Argh, Pirate, Argh!
Just to give you some context into a flawed industry. On average, a traditionally published author makes around 12% of the sale price of a book. Oh you might think, that’s not so bad. But wait… there’s more to it. If a book, say for example, The President’s Keepers by Jacques Pauw, retails for R287,…
Online dating used to be a minefield for curvy girls
This column first appeared in Sunday Times on 22nd October 2017. TRADITIONALLY BUILT FOR LOVE – By Paige Nick There was this guy, back in 2014, who broke my heart. Of course he wasn’t the only one, I’d reached double figures by 2015. Dude was hotter than me and nobody was more surprised when it…
She Said He Said – Break ups
This column first appeared in The Times on 16th October 2017. SHE SAYS, HE SAYS – BREAK UPS SHE SAYS – Paige Nick There was a guy crying outside my bedroom window at three am last Sunday morning. He was a six days a week at the gym, never leaves out arms day, kind of…
African Dreaming – Sunday Times
This column first appeared in the Sunday Times on Sunday 24th September 2017 AFRICAN DREAMING – Paige Nick Do you remember what you dreamt last night? Considering what we’re living through, there’s a greater chance it was a nightmare. A Turkish study shows a correlation between exposure to violent content and bad dreams. In fact,…
She Said/He Said – Bachelor Parties
This column first appeared in The Times on 11 September 2017 SHE SAID/HE SAID – September 2017 BACHELOR AND BACHELORETTE PARTIES SHE SAID – Paige Nick I’m so competitive that I feel like bachelor and rette parties are a big competition to see which sex has a better, bigger, later, more fun night. In cliché-land,…
By 2050 sexbots will be marriage material
This column first appeared in the Sunday Times on 27th August 2017. SUNDAY TIMES – SEX IN THE FUTURE By Paige Nick Forget everything you know about sex. Okay maybe not everything. If you have a special move you learnt this one time at band camp, remember that, it will stand you in good stead…