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,…
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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…
Ethical Porn – Sunday Times
This column first appeared in The Sunday Times on 6th August 2017: https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/2017-08-05-what-kind-of-wampnker-doesnt-care-about-ethics-in-porn/ Here is the uncut version: ETHICS IN PORN – PAIGE NICK Ethical porn, I doubt a bigger oxymoron exists. Given the heavy issues that have dogged the industry for decades, it’s a ticklish topic, and not sexy ticklish, the other more uncomfortable…
Bedside Manner – July ST
This column first appeared here, in the Sunday Times, on 30th July 2017 SUNDAY TIMES Bedside Manner – By Paige Nick I blame online dating for Trump and Zuma. Remember what a huge breakthrough online dating was when it first hit the scene in 1995? Before that we had to meet the old-fashioned way; out…
Waiter, there’s an iguana in my soup.
THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST – BUDAPEST – By Paige Nick SUNDAY TIMES TRAVEL SECTION 9 JULY 2017 I’m a terrible tourist. I do minimal research and generally travel to cities with no expectations, other than some vague postcard images or memories from TV or movies, filed in the back of my mind. And the knowledge that…
Sex, lies and infographics (June)
This column first appeared in the Sunday Times Lifestyle on 4th June, 2017 SUNDAY TIMES CONCH – JUNE 2017 – By Paige Nick SEX, LIES AND INFOGRAPHICS You know what the Internet has almost more of than cats knocking glasses off tables? Sex surveys and infographics. We are obsessed with sex data. I think it’s…
April Conch – You’ll never walk alone
This column first appeared in The Sunday Times on the first sunday in April. CONCH – APRIL – YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALON – By Paige Nick In December I bought a Christmas tree, and the other day I watched soccer. When will this madness end? Sorry, not soccer, football. I’m told there’s a difference. Although…
March Conch – Transitions
This column first appeared in The Sunday Times on 5th March 2017 MARCH 2017 CONCH – By Paige Nick TRANSITIONS A very close friend of mine’s sister is currently on a journey to transition from a woman into a man. She’s on testosterone and meeting with surgeons, and I can already see on Instagram that…
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…
Dec Conch – Love & loo paper
This column first appeared in The Sunday Times on 4th Dec 2016. The road to love is paved with loo paper CONCH DECEMBER 2016 By Paige Nick Growing up, my mom didn’t give me a lot of advice. I was the youngest of six kids, by the time I came along I think she was…