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In Your Hands: The Everyman’s Guide to Masturbation by Emme Mark

inyourhandsIn Your hands by Mark Emme

With over 70,000 copies sold of this book I was looking forward to an interesting read and perhaps even pick up a few tips for the oldest male pastime in the world.

How disappointed was I? I suspect some of the 70,000 books sold were bought as a joke as it’s been a long time since I’ve read such an unedifying book. How on earth this didactic and overly complicated book, with no pictures, is supposed to be an aid to better masturbation I have no idea, unless you just use the cover model to bang one out to.

The jacket blurb promised lots of humour which was the only joke in the book, I don’t know if its been lost in translation ( the original was published in German) but the overly technical descriptions of various holds, grasps and techniques left me reeling and I didn’t experience one moment of ‘ah, so that’s how it’s done’.  A few (there’s not one) illustrations may well have helped some of these techniques.  All the exercises are written in ‘real time’ too, which is the supposed length of time they take to carry out, I failed to grasp even one of the holds and I did try hard.

Mark Emme has studied, tested and compared every possible variety of masculine self-satisfaction and if there’s a plus side then he is very positive about sex and pleasing oneself and there are lots of chapters with lots of very detailed suggestions and exercises but I didn’t find any of them easy to understand and I can put an IKEA dresser up in the dark with no instructions and an old penknife.

Emme’s looks at the reasons for erectile dysfunction and does attempt to give detailed instructions on how to revive and restore your erections; he also does the same with his ideas and suggestions around prolonging erections and delaying orgasm. He also shares some good mental techniques for relaxing and insights into gaining confidence on your sexual performance.

I’ve reviewed a few sex guides this week and this is easily the driest of the lot, however if a very technical guidebook with precise labour-intensive instructions on how to maintain erection, or sustain and/or delay ejaculation is what you’re after then perhaps this book it what you are looking for.  You may just have an unrealised Meccano fetish though.

Out now £12.99

From Bruno Gmunder

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Kreepy Kemptown!

Adrian J Andrews, The Ghost Walker
Adrian J Andrews, The Ghost Walker

After the Christmas break, the Kreepy Kemptown Ghost Walks return on Saturday, February 2 and every Saturday afterwards at 7.30pm. They will be operating from The Queens Arms, 7-8 George Street, Brighton, BN2 1RH which boast a resident ghost of a heart-broken former Land Lady.

Last year, Kemptown’s very own Ghost Walker Adrian J Andrews introduced replicas of his crystal skull topped walking cane to the growing list of merchandise available as souvenirs of what has become Brighton’s longest Ghost Tour. This year he has produced the beautifully illustrated  The Little Kreepy Kemptown Book Of Ghosts which is aimed at both children and adults and contains a synopsis of a few of the Astrals, their haunts and doubles as a colouring book.

It is written  and illustrated by the Ghost Man himself. Before he trained as an actor, Adrian spent many years as a freelance cartoonist and illustrator

The Little Kreepy Kemptown Book Of Ghosts will be available from the box office in The Queens Arms at a cost of £2.50.

To book your place on the Kreepy Kemptown Ghost Walk, view:
BOOK TICKETS

The cost of the Tour remains the same as last year!

Adults: £8, Children: £4 and Students and Seniors: £5.

There are family tickets available at just £20 which admit 2 adults and 2 children, and if you wanted to book a tour for a private party on a non-ghost walk night, up to 20 people can be given a guided thrill-packed evening for just £120. It’s a great way to celebrate a special occasion or to simply spend your evening doing something unusual before going on to a club or restaurant.

To follow Kreepy Kemptown Ghost Walks and keep up to date with all the news, view:

WEBSITE

Or find them on Facebook.

For further information you can telephone 07432 116 247

Football v Homophobia launch small grants programme for 2013

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Football v Homophobia (FvH) campaign, supported by FARE, Europe’s anti-discrimination campaign for football, has launched its small grants programme for 2013. The programme offers ten grants of 300 euros and is open to fan groups, grass roots football clubs and community organisations to support them in acknowledging FvH during February 2013.

Megan Worthing-Davies, campaign co-ordinator, explains:

“Our goal for 2013 is not only to get more professional clubs involved in the campaign, but also to get fans, grass roots players and community activists involved in spreading the message that football will not tolerate discrimination and abuse of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.”

Football v Homophobia is acknowledged throughout February every year and has seen support from both the English FA and UEFA. 2012 saw an increase in the number of professional football clubs in the UK taking part in the campaign including several English Premiership football clubs.

Lou Englefield, campaign co-ordinator, said:

“This year we would like to see other European football clubs give their support to FvH. Likewise, there are some fantastic anti-homophobia fans’ initiatives in countries such as Germany, Spain and Croatia. It would be amazing to see them all take action during February. Our grants are €300, but should help small groups get involved.”

Applications for the small grants programme remain open until January 11.

For an applications form, view:

APPLICATION FORM

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