August 2004

Seeing the Dukun   I warned Jakarta24 readers recently of mass wizardry on the English high street and I hear from an elderly relative that things have got much worse.

July 2004

LOSING THE PLOT   I ’ve been worried about nurse lately. She hasn’t let me out unsupervised for a while because she says there’s a rogue jinn loose that takes people unawares and circumcises

June 2004

NOT SHOPPING BUT FALLING   Trousers, weasels, sausages and parrots. Actually, I didn’t mean that. I just said it to get your attention because I’ve got a very important question for you. And that question is: When did you last fall over? It’s alright, you don't

May 2004

RESTING   I see from your mail that Lucky Bags and Spivs rang bells last month but I don’t want to wander too far down Nostalgia Avenue for fear we’ll end up with steam trains and cycle clips. But I will say this for the good old days

April 2004

DOGS WITH JOBS   Mr. Miller has been astonished at the response to his mention of dog shit in last month’s column, with hundreds of excited readers calling in from as far afield as Grogol and Roxy demanding just where it was and just what it looked like. A bizarre case

March 2004

Mr. MILLER BREAKS OUT   I don’t know about you but I find there are only so many weekends you can spend lurking around the lingerie sections of large department stores. Every so often, a gent simply has to BREAK OUT, lift his