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  • Touched by horror

    The conflict against IS may not be existential, but it does have the sense of being the defining conflict of our age

  • Say cheese, please

    Just to avoid any misunderstanding — the cheese I am talking about is Danish blue, gouda, brie and cheddar

  • The price of fame

    Whatever one may think of the unfortunate couple, they don't deserve what is happening to them

  • Blood on the walls

    There is no attempt to address the cancers that are deep within and eating away

  • Bye-bye breakfast

    There was a time, and it seems very long ago, when it was worth getting up early just to watch Pakistan breakfast TV

  • The demon drink

    What immediately struck me about drinking and Pakistan was that people drank to get drunk. And very drunk at that

  • Thinking pink

    Men have been known to conceal the presence of women in the house when breast-cancer awareness activists came calling

  • A cultural interlude

    The Sachal Orchestra and the Sachal Jazz Ensemble now carry the banner for a unique form of Pakistani music

  • Images and icons

    The paradox of exposure of Aylan Kurdi’s image in such a tasteless manner is that it demonstrates that all is not lost

  • Mostly unplugged

    The Missus decided that it was time for me to get dragged into the 21st century. She gifted me a smartphone