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Will Harris on searching for the perfect flatmate

Illustration: Paul Lewis www.pointlessrhino.com

Looking for a flatmate on the internet is like playing Russian roulette. OK, you might get lucky – the person responsible for those few lines of text and slightly blurred photo of a corridor might be your perfect match. It could be you’ll discover a shared love of badminton, or marijuana, or sitting up late into the night talking about your feelings. Then again, it’s equally possible you’ll end up with someone you have absolutely nothing in common with at all. Or a serial killer. Or an actual Russian. Na zdorovie!
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Will Harris gets angry at flat-share websites

Illustration: Paul Lewis www.pointlessrhino.com
When Helen and I learn that the 50ft Woman has been found, not just dead, but dead and mummified in her Beverley Hills mansion, it’s fair to say we react in quite different ways. Helen, who has the B-Movie poster for Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman in pride of place on her living room wall, decides to light a candle and have a stiff gin. I, on the other hand, decide to move house. Read the rest of this article »

Will Harris fails to get into the party mood

Illustration: Paul Lewis www.pointlessrhino.com

“It cost three-million quid, this lot,” says the man, who has a hoarse Cockney accent and a drip at the end of his nose. In the square, bunting hangs between the trees. Middle-aged, middle-classed women with names like Alison and Jemima follow each other around a long trestle table, setting down trays of sandwiches and sausage rolls as they go. Beneath a Homebase gazebo, a chartered accountant is performing a sound check. “One, two,” he drones into the mic. “One, two.”
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Will Harris gets going when the gloves are off

Illustration: Paul Lewis www.pointlessrhino.com

And so to the ring, where I am lucky enough to have two comps to ‘Pink Collar Boxing’, an event billed as ‘the UK’s first ever gay boxing show and club night’. A dozen gay men from all walks of life have endured months of training, calorie-controlled diets, and weekly sparring sessions, all to face off against each other in the sticky-floored environs of the Scala. Ding ding!
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