approx 45 - 50 years keen student of popular culture and ladies private parts...

...apparently 30 years ago I was also an earnest mature student of politics, media, culture and ideology,
preparing to convert from completed first year of post grad diploma to an MA;
when protracted health and financial problems necessitated pressing the abort switch...

It was a case of turning my back on years of reading, research & thesis drafting,
and permanently shutting down higher intellectual functions,
or risk my mind completely imploding under external bleak pressures over which I felt I had no influence or control....

Funnily enough, even though I went a bit odder than usual for a few years,
I still helped 2 young lady friends pass their MAs during that dark interlude... 😕

The last book I managed to read all the way through was Robin Askwith's autobiography.....