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01 Sep

The Secret Diary of Carl Niehaus (aged 63¼)

September 1, 2023
By Ben Trovato
9 comments

December 25, 2022 Happy birthday, Jesus! But more importantly, happy birthday, me! Today I am … wait, let me go fetch my calculator. Born in 1959 and today is 2022 so that makes me, um, 3981 years ol...

20 Dec

Columns, Cut&Run, Letters, Rants, Uncategorized

Xmas shopping for the cheapskates and the drunk

December 20, 2022
By Ben Trovato
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It’s that time of year when the ravening dogs of capitalism are out of the cages and straining at their leashes. Their eyes are red and wet and their foam-flecked jaws snap and slaver. Soon they will ...

13 Nov

Columns, Cut&Run, Rants, Uncategorized

Get yer Durban Poison now

November 13, 2022
By Ben Trovato
2 comments

That bastard pandemic interrupted the distribution of my last book, Durban Poison, but even though it's now out of print, you can still get a copy as an e-book for a ridiculous price right here: https...

31 Dec

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A guide to surviving New Year’s Eve

December 31, 2020
By Ben Trovato
4 comments

Here's something I wrote in happier times, when we were still allowed to drink and go out at night. ............................ I have felt uncomfortable about making a huge ...

09 Aug

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Trannies without fannies

August 9, 2020
By Ben Trovato
9 comments

Men don’t really know how to celebrate Women’s Day without running the risk of being called patronising or sexist. All we can do, really, is dress up as a woman and feel what it’s like to walk in thei...

21 Mar

Columns, Cut&Run, Incognito – The Memoirs of Ben Trovato, Interviews, Letters, Rants, Uncategorized

Read it and weep (with laughter)

March 21, 2020
By Ben Trovato
6 comments

Right. Since we are all essentially trapped in our homes, we're going to need to find things to laugh about if we aren't going to turn on each other like rats in a cage. Making fun of each other's sho...

15 Jan

Columns, Cut&Run, Incognito – The Memoirs of Ben Trovato, Interviews, Letters, Rants, Uncategorized

Pulp non-fiction – A murder story

January 15, 2020
By Ben Trovato
24 comments

In the perilous world of publishing, there is something called 'sales or return'. It works like this. Bookshops will order so many copies of a new title. If those get sold, they might order more. U...

20 Nov

Columns, Cut&Run, Incognito – The Memoirs of Ben Trovato, Interviews, Letters, Rants, Uncategorized

Buy buy baby

November 20, 2019
By Ben Trovato
2 comments

Hark, the Christmas tills do ring. The season of giving, taking, looting, stabbing and shooting is almost upon us. The Little Drummer Boy has already driven me from at least two malls. All you can ...

06 Nov

Columns, Cut&Run, Incognito – The Memoirs of Ben Trovato, Interviews, Letters, Rants, Uncategorized

Get your Durban Poison here!

November 6, 2019
By Ben Trovato
11 comments

I promised that my new book would be available on my website and, lo, it has come to pass. Praise be. I'm happy to devalue your copy by scribbling something in it. If you want it inscribed to someo...

03 Nov

Columns, Cut&Run, Incognito – The Memoirs of Ben Trovato, Interviews, Letters, Rants, Uncategorized

Boks, beer and a brand new book

November 3, 2019
By Ben Trovato
9 comments

Right. It's the day after the big win and I know how you are feeling. But you're in luck. I happen to have the perfect cure for a crushing hangover. It's my new book, Durban Poison, and it will help t...

13 Jun

Columns, Cut&Run, Uncategorized

Better than sex

June 13, 2019
By Ben Trovato
0 comments

Here's something to keep you going until my next book hits the shelves at the end of the year. It's available in the Contraband section on this site. You can buy it or you can have me come around to y...