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Monkeyboy Goes

Ben Cowles spent 10 years working, traveling and teaching in East Asia. Having grown tired of monkeying around in the class room, he returned to the UK and now turns his hairy opposable thumbs to journalism.

China, Human Rights, Israel, Journalism, Palestine, Taiwan, UK28 April, 2016

Labour: Guilty by association?

By Monkeyboy Goes

Is it racist for someone to say, “Chinese people are bad”? Obviously, yes of course that is racist. Not only is it completely prejudiced…

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Fotophest, UK, Utter Irrelevances18 April, 2016

Everyone Hates David Cameron and his Tory Friends

By Monkeyboy Goes

Last Saturday a shit tonne of people descended on London for the People’s Assembly‘s March for Health, Homes, Jobs and Education to vent their many frustrations at…

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Great Epiphanies, Immigration, Journalism13 April, 2016

Too poor for our shores

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“Family life is a human right, let the families in!” Gathered outside the Home Office on Thursday afternoon, a small but passionate crowd demonstrated…

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Where the hell has the Monkeyboy been?
Utter Irrelevances20 January, 2016

Where the hell has the Monkeyboy been?

By Monkeyboy Goes

Forgiveness, please! Apologies are in order. It has been far too bloody long since I last blasted my incoherent ramblings on these here webpages, and…

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Fotophest, Great Epiphanies, Israel, Palestine19 July, 2015

You don’t have to be muslim… You just have to be human

By Monkeyboy Goes

Watching the reports coming from Israel / Palestine last year was absolutely fucking horrific. By the end of the conflict the Israeli military killed…

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Korea, Story18 June, 2015

Gnarly Dude: A paddleboard lesson in Busan!

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I walked to the back of the shop to meet Dylan, my Korean surf guru for the day. When the general greetings were out…

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Great Epiphanies, Immigration, UK27 May, 2015

Save Our Human Rights Act!

By Monkeyboy Goes

Today our unelected, rule-by-birthright, tax-dodging Head of State read a few pieces of paper live on TV, written for her by our millionaire, fuck-the-poor…

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Fotophest, Guides26 May, 2015

Happy 2,578th Birthday Siddhartha Gautama (a.k.a Buddha)

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Buddha’s Birthday was celebrated all over East Asia yesterday. Held on the 8th day of the 4th lunar month, Buddhists attended their local temples…

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Guides, Malaysia, Thailand, Weekend Warrior's Guide19 April, 2015

Island Hopping in the Andaman Sea

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“I’m sorry. We not have record of you arrival in Thailand,” said the Bangkok immigration officer from behind her glass window. “You must go…

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Immigration, Interview, UK27 March, 2015

UKHIP: Not Who You Think They Are

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Recently as I was flicking through Facebook I saw that someone had shared a link to a UKIP story. Initially I thought that this was…

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