Drugs This article is more than 13 years oldThis article is more than 13 years oldAs the government prepares to classify mephedrone as a class B drug, Dina Rickman uncovers the dangers of young people's current drug of choice; KetamineThree teenagers are huddled over a CD case in the corner of a Brighton squat. Rave music blares from the soundsystem as they cut lines of white powder from a crumpled wrap. Read More...
Self and wellbeingBooksThree decades after it was first published, Julia Cameron’s creativity manual was a lockdown hit. Could we all learn from her guide to ‘artistic recovery’?
Just over 30 years ago, Julia Cameron’s agent gave her the immortally bad advice that no one was going to be interested in a book about creativity. “What on earth are you doing?” the agent demanded.
Instead of shelving her manuscript, Cameron photocopied it and started selling it by hand. Read More...
TV reviewTelevisionReviewThis limp documentary about a supposedly herbal version of Viagra crowbars penis puns into a tortuous voiceover. It’s a flat, lifeless tale that fails to ask any big questions
Here’s some free advice: if you are going to make a documentary about a fraudulent boner-pill business, don’t make it as limp as The Great Erection Deception: The Stiff Nights Story. You can see, of course, why the makers were attracted to the subject. Read More...
