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30 Mar 2007
 
 
Don't worry, Zimbabwe is just a hiccup
Look South - Brandon Hamber
A 15-year old girl in Florida in the US, recently hiccupped nonstop for five weeks. Before her hiccups stopped, she was hiccupping 50 times a minute. All manner of remedies, including various...
 
 
23 Feb 2007
 
Bigots, building bridges and multiculturalism
Look South - Brandon Hamber
According to the recently published ‘Human Beliefs and Values Survey’, Northern Ireland has the highest proportion of bigoted people in the Western world.
 
 
09 Feb 2007
 
Are we all torturers inside?
Look South - Brandon Hamber
When I was flying from Johannesburg to Belfast recently, I was caught out by the new system some airlines have started of weighing bags before you check in. As a result, I was found to be carrying...
 
 
26 Jan 2007
 
Dinners, starving babies and fat cats
Look South - Brandon Hamber
There are many challenges that face parents, but there is one that only faces certain parents. It is a complaint that I wish every one in the world would have, and it is called guilt.
 
 
15 Dec 2006
 
Ba Humbug to Christmas cynics
Look South - Brandon Hamber
For 12 months now, I have been trying to think of something interesting to say about Christmas. This has proved no straightforward task.
 
 
01 Dec 2006
 
Stern warning about environmental disaster
Look South - Brandon Hamber
If you are feeling upbeat about life, I have the medicine: read a copy of the Stern Report.
 
 
03 Nov 2006
 
Airport security: enough to turn one to drink
Look South - Brandon Hamber
Recently, when I checked into the newly renamed George Best Belfast City Airport, I was asked if I was carrying any liquids. I found myself gagging as I suppressed a giggle.
 
 
20 Oct 2006
 
Where are the men in the battle for equality?
Look South - Brandon Hamber
In the song There is a War, by Leonard Cohen, there are the lines: “There is a war . . . between the man and the woman. There is a war between the ones who say there is a war and the ones who...
 
 
 
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