Let’s face it, with the viral doom and gloom seemingly inescapable, distractions are at a premium. Desperate times require desperate measures. Such as bringing this disreputable blog series back from …
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Giovanni Boccaccio had written “The Decameron” in the aftermath of the Black Death pandemic of 1348, which carried away somewhere around one third of the European population. The book is …
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British actor whom I’ve never heard of, Laurence Fox, has caused quite a stir as a result of an appearance on a TV show “Question Time” last week. Fox apparently …
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There are many ways to raise money for the victims of natural disasters, from charity concerts to social media donation drives, but some enterprising young women in Australia and the …
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Equality – good in theory, doesn’t necessarily work for you in practice: Marriage rates have steadily declined over the past few decades, and now researchers from Cornell University are offering …
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Well, not quite; certainly not as far as the fame and fortune are concerned, or the looks. Or, for that matter, his choice of mainly blonde lingerie and swimsuit models …
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A new study, which looks at the satisfaction and longevity of relationships, suggests that nice guys (and gals) finish last – or finish first by finishing last (their relationships, that …
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Wine me, dine me… actually just wine me, dine me: A new trend has emerged on the dating scene in which a person schedules a date with someone they aren’t really interested …
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A friend of mine on Facebook has indirectly turned my attention to this Medium piece from a few years back, which summarises the results of a not very scientific but …
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This morning we’ve had the latest installment of Girls Gone Wild, so for the sake of equality of the (two) sexes I cannot but now present some eye candy for …
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You have all been very good regular readers of TDC recently, absorbing a lot of outrage, ridicule and cynicism emanating from these pages under the guise of impassioned political and …
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If it was the Soviet Russia, everyone would have needed to swipe right in order to be left: It’s amazing what kind of behaviour hot people can get away with on …
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I honestly don’t know how these things become news stories, even for the tabloids: A student who’s been on 40 “atrocious” dates in nine months has created a brilliant Tinder …
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Yesterday, a story caught my eye, which proved that people nowadays are so lazy, they will outsource just about anything to others – including their Tinder experience: Holly Bartter has …
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Happy New Year to The Daily Chrenk readers. If 2018 sucked for you, as it did for many people I know, keep marching on, onward and upward; if it was …
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As I said yesterday, here at The Daily Chrenk we are the equal opportunity mockers and judgers. It has been a while between the drinks – a year and a …
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OK, OK, OK… This is a serious politics, culture and news blog; all killer no filler; no clickbait, listicles or celebrity gossip. On the other hand, those of you who …
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Social and religious conservatives rejoice: teenagers and young people today are having far less sex than a generation ago; teenage pregnancy rates are down to only a third of what …
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Gender and sexuality being fluid, and increasingly colour and ethnicity too, why not age? When you abandon any objective standards – because they reflect the power structures in the society …
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Politics ruins everything, part 578. As if there weren’t enough fake profiles on dating apps, whether bots trying to entice the unwary to other sites or sad individuals trying to …
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