Exchanges From the Curb: The Fairer Sex
After a tumultuous few weeks things have started to calm down again; it’s impossible to forecast in any line of business. The recession for me has been on a whole positive; my business fortunes...
View ArticleExchanges From the Curb: Growing and Cheating
Ambition is a cruel mistress, and I have long since learned my lesson that if things are going well, leave them alone; be happy with your current “lot” in life and try not to disturb the status quo, as...
View ArticleExchanges From the Curb: Drugs on the TV, and Ginger Chaz
Before I get on with the main body of the column I would like to comment on Drugs Live: The Ecstasy Trial, which we saw last week on channel 4. Was Chris Morris creating havoc with a new Brass Eye...
View ArticleExchanges From the Curb: A Return to Jail, and Over a Sofa Too
If you’re out with a friend and he advises you on what pair of trainers to buy, does he then have a right to those trainers? Can he borrow them? No of course he can’t; being in the shop with a mate...
View ArticleExchanges From the Curb: The First Week In Prison
As we entered the police station, I was sure I was about to get a warning — most likely a night in the holding cell, I figured. To be honest, after the hours of arguing, and the two days’ drinking,...
View ArticleExchanges From the Curb: Settling Into Prison Life
Most weeks in the comments here, there are comparisons made between cannabis and alcohol, and admittedly, it is a simple comparison to make: They both have effects on behaviour and mental state in one...
View ArticleExchanges From the Curb: The Sharpened Toothbrush
Sorry for the long stretch between columns; it’s been tough work recalling some of the going-ons from my stint behind bars. Our cell had been fine apart from the smelly kid who for all intents and...
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