In this age of getting what you want and getting it now, the simple pleasure of browsing is often forgotten.
Tom HodgkinsonWe think we have to work because the advertising industry has elevated wants into needs. The newspapers and the television batter us incessantly with the latest "must-haves", whether that's shoes, videogames or patio heaters. As a result, mums think they "have" to work at Tesco in order to buy expensive trainers.
Tom HodgkinsonMy idea of childcare at festivals is to sit at a trestle table with an ale while the kids run around and make up their own games.
Tom HodgkinsonPain will never leave us. Instead of putting energy into destroying pain, we need to put energy into creating pleasure.
Tom HodgkinsonGuilt is also a way for us to express to others that we are a person of good conscience. 'I feel really guilty about getting drunk last night,' we say, when in actual fact we feel no guilt whatsoever or, at least, we could choose to feel no guilt. When people say to me, 'I drank too much last night,' I always reply, 'I drank exactly the right amount.
Tom Hodgkinson