Ben Haenow Doesn't Deserve to be the Next Flop 'X Factor' Winner, And It's...
When the latest Official Chart was announced on Friday (23 October), my heart went out to Ben Haenow. After winning The X Factor in December last year, the singer has been out of the limelight in...
View ArticleAs Britain's First Out Muslim Drag Queen, I Am Comfortable With Both My Male...
Religion perpetuates masculinity in ethnic communities. The male is the breadwinner, he is strong, dominant and heads the family. He's the foundation that will preserve society and will forward the...
View ArticleAmanda Platell's Wish For People to Stop Skinny Shaming the Duchess of...
Listen up everyone, Amanda Platell has a message for us all. The Daily Mail columnist wants us all to stop being so mean and nasty about the Duchess of Cambridge, aka 'poor Kate' (her words). Got that?...
View ArticleSPECTRE - The Ghosts Of Bonds Past
Well, it's no Quantum of Solace or even Skyfall (the critic's favourite for some reason) but for me SPECTRE came so close to being great that it's more annoying than if it were completely awful. For...
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Review: Jane Eyre, National Theatre 'Less Would Have Been More'
This adaptation of the much-loved book, Jane Eyre, is a really ambitious attempt to translate the entire novel into a dynamic, energetic production. The result is a whistle-stop trip through the story...
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Star Wars - I Wish I Could Quit You
Just when I think I'm out, they drag me back in. Why else would I find myself sitting sweaty palmed, repeatedly hitting refresh on my computer, desperately trying to book cinema seats with all the...
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Why I Left the Music Industry
...and how the fuck I ended up doing what I'm doing now... We all have those "oh fuck" moments, when something falls apart, alters our whole trajectory, shakes the foundations of our world and makes...
View ArticleThe Reality Behind 'Hollyoaks' Stillbirth Storyline
My eyes naturally gravitate to stories about Stillbirth. I can't help it, I realise that is a little macabre, but it's my unfortunate reality. I'm drawn to read new information and seek out differing...
View ArticleHello Adele, It's You We're Looking For!
Music is a therapy. Whatever way you look at it, the soundtrack to our lives, like a good fragrance, it can take you back to the best of times, the worst of times. And any woman my age (30 something!)...
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Life In The Arts Lane - week 113 - All Change
After nearly five years of quasi independence as a roving antique dealer and erstwhile fair organiser I found myself boarding an aeroplane heading for the San Francisco Fall Antique Show once again an...
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Film Reviews: Black Souls - Taxi Tehran - Under Milk Wood
'Black Souls' is a gripping, powerful and realistic mafia crime drama - 'Taxi Tehran', Jafar Panahi's 2015 Berlinale winner offers an innovative, insightful and witty glance at modern day Iran - Kevin...
View ArticleLicenced to Feel Sorry for Bond
If the James Bond franchise stops after Spectre we won't all be turning the blame on Daniel Craig. No, instead, it'll be the fault of MI6 and its latest recruitment drive that paraphrases down to "Bond...
View ArticleClub 24601: An Interview With Aussie Jean Valjean, Dan Koek
Les Mis has passed it's 30th anniversary date and we are continuing to celebrate Club 24601 with our series of interviews with former Jean Valjeans. Today, it's the turn of Australian Dan Koek who...
View ArticleHappy Halloween! Here's Why Scary Stories Matter
"The call was coming from inside the house." This now infamous line from the urban legend is chilling, and powerful too. There are others, of course; "Whose hand was I holding?" from Shirley Jackson's...
View Article70 Years of the Design Council: What Has Changed and Why Design Is So...
In this extraordinary era, design shed its cloak of invisibility, was co-opted as a significant factor in global consumerism and is becoming democratised. It moved beyond material artefacts and aimed...
View ArticleHanging Out Backstage With One Direction
This week, I met one half of the biggest pop bands in the world. Two of the most talked about individuals in 2015 pop culture and as I entered the room to grill them some more, they stood up and gave...
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Coming Out and Competition - A Gay Man's Retrospective
HuffPost UK is running a month-long focus around masculinity in the 21st Century, and the pressures men face around identity. To address some of the issues at hand, Building Modern Men presents a...
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I Guarantee to Make You a Better Dad By the End of This Blog Post
HuffPost UK is running a month-long focus around masculinity in the 21st Century, and the pressures men face around identity. To address some of the issues at hand, Building Modern Men presents a...
View ArticleWhy I Get on the Train
Welp, I'm back on the road, back in the saddle as they say in the gig biz. Every time I run for my train that's taking off five minutes ago (I get an adrenaline high whenever I just make it), I think,...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Greatest Witches of All Time
What is it about witches that we can't get enough of? Is it the feminist ideal of a woman owning her power? Is it that a coven is the ultimate #squadgoals? Or is it the cool hats? Earlier this week,...
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