There used to exist a silly schoolboy poem about what medieval knights used as contraception (socks, so went the rhyme), but have you ever wondered how birth control really did work way back when?
Having (so far!) survived the greatest global health crisis for a century – and what is arguably the most consequential sociocultural catastrophe since the second world war – among the things this technophobe has been most grateful for over the past couple of years is my smartphone and its now most-used application: WhatsApp.
Music Mate
Your monthly music column by singer/songwriter Franki August
Hey friends and a big hip hip hooray happy new year to you all! I hope you had a wonderful time relaxing and eating treats with loved ones. Speaking of spending time with loved ones, I was watching Disney singalongs with my niece a couple of days ago and two songs...
Music Mate
Your monthly music column with Franki August
I think it’s fair to say that these uncertain times impact us all in different ways. Some of us get...
‘Google it’ is so entrenched in our everyday vernacular, most have probably forgotten how we used to ‘Ask Jeeves’ to settle pop culture trivia or reveal the capital city of some obscure former Soviet state. But well before we had our own virtual valets there was Archie – before most even had computers in our households, let alone an internet connection.
