Firemen are, as we all know, potent, smoke-stained icons of manliness. Anyone who's ever called them out to tackle a chip pan fire, or to get a wayward cat out of a tree, will recognise that they generally look …

Though this vale of tears we call the world is plentifully stocked with bleak places and spaces - Abu Ghraib, Chernobyl, Auschwitz-Birkenau etc - the most dismal environment I've encountered was a sitting-room full of unemployed lads and lassies in …

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Another year, another head-butt in the nuts. This blog's sixth and seventh Irish Blog Awards nominations went the same sorry way of the previous five. End result - diddly squat. I think …

On February 27th (yes, this very day) last year I 'penned' a Manky Toy post about the delectable Maureen - a doll beautifully described by Kirstie (of Beaut.ie) as "Mullingar Beef …

A Manky Toy double-bill for you on this glorious Monday (glorious because the sun has his/her hat on and I'm off work). Through no conscious design on my part a "Jesus" theme seems to have sneaked its way into proceedings. …

When I was but a small, nervous, big-eyed child (in the late 70s/early 80s) two parental fears dominated all others. One concerned the possibility of me (at some time in my life) …

Sings *Every day is like Monday, Every day's a manky fun day"

Yes indeedy, Tuesday is the new Monday - or at least it is for the …

Back when Manky Toy Monday was but a weak and mewling infant I suggested (by way of a partial mission statement) that:
Special attention will be paid to those delightfully crappy knock-offs and pastiches of …