The Wowster

Stop Your Castrations

The Wowster on moves to force Germany to stop castrations Germany's policy of offering castration to sex offenders as part of rehabilitation has ran into problems with the Council of Europe. The Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) has asked Germany to stop castrations, describing the practice as degrading and recommends immediate action to outlaw it. German law permits people at risk ...

Stop Talking (I’m too busy communicating)

The Wowster asks are we communicating so much we've stopped talking to each other Chatting to my friend Marianne last night about a bio I read on Steve Jobs. Despite the fact he could be a huge arsehole, he contributed greatly to ...

Beware Movie Critics

Put not your faith in movie critics, warns The Wowster I am beginning to think that going on your instinct rather that paying any attention to movie critics (including me) is the best way to find an enjoyable film. After seeing a ...

Yes To The Dress

The Wowster on why New York is saying a big, flouncing yes to the dress In times of fiscal restraint, there are some purchases that are completely recession proof. New York is proof of this with it fascination with the full on ...

Steve Jobs Revealed

The Wowster on the unexpected pleasure of reading about Steve Jobs revealed It was with no great enthusiasm that I bought Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography by Walter Isaacson I didn't quite expects a snow job (sorry, no pun intended) but my ...

Next to Godliness

The Wowster on Facebook being next to godliness Facebook in order to counter its image as a spying, prying monolith has cosied up next to godliness. We're talking no porn here, we're Facebook. Zuckerberg or whoever gives a rat's arse about those things ...