This column first appeared in the Sunday Times (here) on Sunday 21st May 2023. PULLING THE PLUG – By Paige Nick I’m in a hotel. Not the kind you’re probably picturing on hearing that. I don’t want to mislead you. There are different kinds of hotels. This one is a cheap airport hotel, in a…
Tag: A Million Miles From Normal
Co-cogitating: the perils and pluses
This column first appeared in The Sunday Times, here on 16th April 2023. Are you married? Cohabitating? Procrea-habitating, bickerating or just having a roomiemance? Call it whatever you want, when Gwyneth and Chris Paltrow consciously uncoupled, they changed relationship dialect forever. And if you’re single, you’re probably on your way out the door, but stick…
Fun-knee
This column first appeared in The Sunday Times on 28 March 2021. I used to believe that there was something funny to be found in any situation. Which is a useful view to hold when you’re a humour writer. But now I’m not so sure. A few weeks ago, I had surgery on my knee,…
Truth is stranger than fiction, not sexier
This column first appeared here in The Sunday Times on 13th December, 2020. THE BOYFRIEND STACK – By Paige Nick There’s a wall in our family home, filled by my father edge-to-edge with photos of us. My siblings, their spouses and children; playing sport, celebrating milestones, catching fish, growing up too fast. Since I choose…
Storytelling. The end.
This column first appeared here in The Sunday Times on 7th June 2020.
Conversation Piece
This column first appeared here in The Sunday Times ZA on 31 May 2020. It might just be one of my favourite-looking columns ever. I love the illustration they’ve used. In fact the entire Lifestyle Supplement is pretty hawt. Incredible articles about the rise and rise of memes. And more. This one is about how…
An emoji tyop
This column about emoji typos first appeared here in The Sunday Times on 10th May 2020. My friend Mikaela and I got into a debate the other day about the use of the this emoji 👆 What do you use it for? I thought it was sad or frustrated, turns out according to emojipedia, it’s…
Standards are slipping
This column first appeared here, in The Sunday Times on 3rd May 2020. Have a column in today’s Sunday Times ZA about how standards in my home have dropped a little, during lockdown, while you’re all Marie Kondo-ing and learning Russian. Ndumiso Mapholoba Ngcobo has his regular column too, which should help you crack a smile. Please…
It’s like learning to ride a bicycle
This column about learning to ride a bicycle, appeared in The Sunday Times on 26 April 2020. Here’s a taster, you can read the rest here.
Are you brand loyal or just brand lazy?
What does it take for you to try a new brand of toothpaste, or cheese or mouthwash? It turns out for me it took the Corona Virus. Check out this new column here: https://blog.42courses.com/home/2020/4/6/are-you-brand-loyal-or-just-brand-comfortable