Madonna hits 50 - but what does that say about the rest of us?
12/08/2008
Madonna is 50 this month and about to embark on the European leg of her “Sticky and Sweet” tour. She’s still scantily clad, shows her crotch, does the splits and energetically moves across the stage.
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A taste of their own medicine
The idea of giving people in positions of power a “taste of their own medicine” has such huge appeal that we should, I think, extend it says Mature Times editor Tony Watts.
It's good news week!
... occasionally you get the good news pieces in the papers: new treatment hope for cancer, a rare victory in sport for one of our national teams, or Elvis being spotted eating sausage and chips in a café on the A1. But they are few and far between ...
Mature Times editor Tony Watts tries to buck the trend and look on the bright side.
What the Romans did for David Davis
"The prospect of catching murderers, rapists and terrorists before they strike again makes it, to me at least, a price worth paying." Was David Davis right to stand on a platform of civil liberties that would make life easier for the criminal? Mature Times editor Tony Watts doesn't think so ... and neither, it seems from your response to date, do our readers.
What a racket
Why, asks Mature Times editor Tony Watts, do some tennis players need to make such a racket when they hit the ball? And MT readers give their views too ...
It's official: the world has gone mad
We can conclusively confirm that the world has taken leave of whatever senses it started with. How do we know? Because Manchester Police have diverted their attention from stemming the rising tide of gun and knife crime in their city to send five of their finest officers to tackle a criminal they feel comfortable in arresting: a 54 year old man with a heart condition, accused of dropping an apple core
Energy bill shocker - but has it happened to you too?
We received our electricity bill recently. Nothing odd with that, you might think. Except the first thing to hit my wife as she opened the envelope were the words, in very large print: “Your account balance is £1,713.33 in debit”.
What has wealth got to do with happiness?
Gross national product "does not allow for the health of our families, the quality of their education or the joy of their play". Bobby Kennedy's words, 40 years on. But are they still relevant today?
Oh, the injustice of it all!
Of all the things that irk, injustice rankles most of all. Our sense of what's fair and unfair cuts in at an early age and it stays with you throughout life when you see dishonest people prosper or decent people cut down by illness.
Play up and play the game
"Respect" for referees is a hot topic in football at the moment. But its social significance goes well beyond keeping control over a bunch of over-coiffured prima donnas, says MT editor Tony Watts.
"Stop evicting care patients"
Some of the most moving stories in the media in recent years have concerned elderly people being forced to leave their care homes against their will. Ken Mack, Carer and Independent National Voluntary Campaigner for People with Disabilities, is challenging Health Secretary Alan Johnson to “take the battle out of disability” for those in care homes facing eviction.
Why is it so difficult to 'break in' to packaging these days?
I don't know whether this is just a sign of age, but I find myself increasingly frustrated by modern packaging- what ever happened to simple paper bags and string?
Feeling blue? Head for the shops!
Men, make sure you keep your wives and partners happy. Apparently the more depressed we feel, the greater the urge to dash down the shops.
Old people aren't rude - they're just uninhibited
If you suffered from piles or incontinence, would you want your friends asking about your condition over a supper party? The answer appears to be "yes" - if you happen to be older. New research from Australia suggests that the older you become the more likely you are to make someone blush with embarrassment - and it could be explained by age-related changes in brain function.
Stop the rot - why millions of Brits cannot afford to see a dentist
Inject drugs, be an alcoholic, get beaten up in a fight, become obese, and you can be fixed on the NHS - but have a problem with your teeth and you're on your own. Grim news for those who, like Pam Ayres, wish they'd looked after their teeth - and especially bad news for the elderly.
