Kieran Clarkin lives in Melbourne where he drinks wine, reads comics and cuts his own hair. He desperately wants a pet but will settle for his myriad gadgets in the meantime. You can follow him on twitter @knackairliner.
After years of fearful prophecy, prostitution was decriminalised in New Zealand and parts of Australia - but there's still plenty of hysteria, plenty of tedium, and plenty of risk in the current limbo. Kieran Clarkin speaks to a Melbourne sex worker about the sector.
Kieran Clarkin didn't go looking for some great American epiphany when he visited the US, but a trip to the West Coast's most famous folly meant he got it. Sort of.