This column appeared in The Sunday Times on 17th May 2020. Click here to read it. It’s about our communal sense of humour failure, the game of ‘Would you rather?’ and The Argument we had during lockdown.
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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.
Is this the end or the beginning?
This column first appeared here in The Sunday Times on 29th March 2020.
The odds of you actually meeting your soulmate are slim at best
This column first appeared in The Sunday Times on 24th June 2018 SUNDAY TIMES – STOLE MATES? By Paige Nick This week I’ve been thinking a lot about soul mates. Yours mostly, as I don’t have one. I’ve been thinking about how some believe there’s just one perfect match out there for each of us….
Does the Royal Family have a family WhatsApp group?
This column first appeared in the Sunday Times on 27th May, 2018 THE ROYAL FAMILY WHATSAPP GROUP – By Paige Nick Do you think the royal family also has a mad, dysfunctional family WhatsApp Group, like the rest of us? Who gets to be on it, and how extended does it get? Blood only, or…
Sex columnists don’t drop their knickers on request
This column first appeared in Sunday Times on 10th December 2017 THE FRIEND REQUEST – By Paige Nick HIM: Hello Paige, how are you? Shot for accepting my friend request, will be grand to read more of you. ME: Very kind of you to say, thank you for reading me. HIM: Keep it coming Missus….
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?…
I wrote a letter to my love – Feb Conch
This column first appeared in The Sunday Times on 5th February 2017 SUNDAY TIMES CONCH – FEBRUARY 2017 – By Paige Nick So you arrive in space. It’s 11:32 on a Tuesday morning. The aliens gather round and you have to explain how and why we date. And it’s the most awkward hour of your…