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I Am Your Father
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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Ten Early 90s Indie Songs That Say It All
In 1988, a school friend lent me Electric by The Cult, and my love of alternative, or indie, rock was born. With the assistance of my publication of choice, Melody Maker, my eyes were opened to an...
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Any Global Deal on Climate Change Must Put the Poorest Women and Children First
We all want what is best for our children, to live in a just and caring world where human beings work for the common good and not just for profit. I am forever an optimist and I believe passionately...
View ArticleSafe Gigs for Everyone... After Paris, I Still Believe
It doesn't need saying, but it's been an awful week or so for music lovers. The morning after what happened in Paris, the first event for Safe Gigs for Women was held with Camden Council. After this, I...
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Refugees and Identity the Subjects in Ben Uri Exhibition at Somerset House
Refugees and migration, and integration and identity, are pretty timely subjects given current headlines so it's quite some coincidence that the Ben Uri Gallery is celebrating its centenary with a...
View ArticleThe Art World Lacks Faith in Female Artists
Frieze, London, 2015. I am chatting to one of the world's most respected gallerists. His stand includes a colossal installation and some works on paper by one of my favourite artists. When I show my...
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Getting to Know Lady Unknown Playwright Lauren Johnson
Roisin Rae plays Angela Burdett Coutts in Lady Unknown | Photo courtesy of Theatre Untold Lady Unknown is the third production from ensemble group Theatre Untold. As with its two previous productions,...
View ArticleWhy Is Nigella 'Simply' Not Good Enough?
Poor Nigella can't catch a break. As if it's not tough enough to have photographs of your husband with his hands around your neck strewn across the web, now, in an attempt to rebuild her life with a...
View ArticleThe Ethics of Tourism
At the end of the summer, I did something out of character. I went on holiday. Usually if I get time off I go and climb a mountain and come back more tired and haggard than I was before, but this was a...
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Does 'Reality TV' Even Exist?
A recent episode of the excellent Radiolab Podcast, Smile My Ass, told the story of Allen Funt, the brains behind Candid Camera. Having created the hit show Funt was nearly hoisted by his own petard...
View ArticleOur Students Were Right to Walk Out - Brunel Is Better Than Katie Hopkins
Today I am especially proud to be a part of Brunel. Last night our students organised a mass walk out of the 50th anniversary "Big Debate", in protest of the Universities decision to invite Katie...
View ArticleNovember 24th and 25th - Budget Day
I'm writing this on the 24th of November. Tomorrow they announce the Budget for what gets what in the crazy world of government funding. I know Norman Lamb went to see George Osborne to reiterate how...
View ArticleHello Sweet Art: A Sexist Document Is Coming Home
I wanted to get Chairman Mao's red book out of the library but it was ON LOAN. Nightmare. Had to do all of this stuff instead. The Homecoming, Trafalgar Studios What it is: A 50th anniversary...
View ArticleAuthor Flies 11,000 Miles to Meet With Angelina Jolie
Laura Aslan, author of the book 'The Devil Couldn't Break Me,' is arguably one of the strongest girls on the planet. Her book tells of incredible suffering at the hands of two of the warring factions...
View ArticleThe Apprentice Series 11 Episode 8 - An Ex Candidate's View
So it's been few weeks since I have done a review for The Apprentice, sorry about that but I am so busy in my day-to-day life TV is the last thing on the list. I make a special effort to watch it to...
View ArticleExperiencing Bookstores All Over Again
I am a Kindle addict. I love the immediacy of being able to hear about a book on a radio show, or reading a review online, and immediately seeing that book on my Kindle with just a couple of clicks....
View ArticleIdris, Eddie and Lennie - and Other UK Actors Making it Big in Hollywood
It's no secret that here in the UK we have a whole host of talented individuals, from superstar footballers to incredible actors, and more - and more - of them are heading overseas to find more fame in...
View ArticleReminiscing: Rock on the Dole
I was still signing on at the dole office when Darts, the band I joined when I was just 18 years old, had their first top ten hit record. I signed off the dole when someone in the queue pointed out...
View ArticleMore Than 800,000 Reasons Why It's All About Adele
We're used to Adele shattering records. Her last album, 21, virtually has a page in the history books all to itself, after all. But in the past week, Adele has begun to turn that page into a chapter....
View Article'Carol' Isn't a 'Queer Film' But It Is the Queer Film I've Been Waiting For
Carol. Ca-rol. The name fills your mouth before your tongue flies up to your hard palate, trapping it. Like a secret. Ca-rol. Anyone who's spoken to/crossed paths with/been in a building adjacent to me...
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