Mic Looby, Ed#428, March 2013
There was a time when lefties were thought of as gauche. Sinister, even. And some of them were. So let’s not ...
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13 June 2013
Author: Mic Looby
Dear Quick Fix,
Following a recent workplace promotion, I have moved to a new office workstation and I have come into a new mouse and mousepad. ...
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7 June 2013
Author: Sophie Quick
In 1967, aged 10, I wrote a letter to my maternal grandfather in Scotland, largely to show off a new set of pens. Somewhat to ...
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6 June 2013
Author: Alan Attwood
Adam Curley and his cousin, Trish, share an uncommon closeness.
Ed#390, September 2011
They called us ‘Trish’n’Ad’, rolling our names together the way you hope people don’t, ...
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4 June 2013
Author: Adam Curley
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the ascent of Everest. Alan Attwood explores the deadly allure of the highest peak on earth.
It seems such a ...
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29 May 2013
Author: Alan Attwood
Dear Quick Fix,
I am a hard-working and ambitious young professional with a crowded set of maxillary incisors. Since I am very busy and time-poor – ...
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29 May 2013
Author: Sophie Quick
Firstly, let me say what an honour it is to be writing this Editorial. Rest assured there hasn’t been a coup at The Big Issue: ...
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10 May 2013
Author: Patrick Witton
Dear Quick Fix,
My boyfriend Tony is a wonderful man – smart, funny, fit, rich and faithful…but, after three years together, I can’t seem to shake ...
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10 May 2013
Author: Sophie Quick
When I was a boy in the 1960s, TV news bulletins would often feature items on the Vietnam War. It was not uncommon for these ...
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26 April 2013
Author: Alan Attwood
War changes people. It can take time to understand this.
Andy Drewitt, Ed#405, April 2012
The photograph of my grandfather sat on a shelf in my bedroom, ...
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24 April 2013
Author: Andy Drewitt