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Secrets of Presenting the Weather
I must admit it really bugs me when people talk about weather presenters "reading the forecast", the implication being that they are simply reading out a script and that they know nothing whatsoever...
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What to Look Out for at the 58th BFI London Film Festival
Summer is over, just look outside for proof, but right around the corner to help combat those post-summer blues is the UK's premier film extravaganza, the 58th BFI London Film Festival. The programme...
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Burlesque and Feminism: What Is This Thing We Call 'Woman'?
"If you are a feminist, why do you love burlesque so much?" I have been asked this question ever since I first showed my interest in burlesque four years ago. The most common reasons for arguing that...
View ArticleWhy Sam Smith's Comments About Not Being a Gay 'Spokesperson' Are Completely...
I was very excited when Sam Smith came out as gay earlier this year. By that point, he'd already bagged two number one singles on the UK chart, and was shaping up to be one of the biggest names in...
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Lulu Guinness's Top Ten Fashion-Meets-Art Moments
The British accessories fashion designer Lulu Guinness OBE shares her top ten moments where the worlds of art and fashion collide following a recent visit to Mondrian and his Studios at Tate Liverpool...
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Coping (Just Fine) in Copenhagen
My decision to go to Denmark was based largely upon proximity as my life in London was particularly busy that month. My first take from Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, is that it is the most...
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Time to Be a Girl
In May, I travelled to Madagascar with WaterAid where I was lucky enough to meet two amazing girls, Solo and Ze. In their village, access to clean water on tap was just a dream. Every day, they had to...
View ArticleThe Emerging Cult of Celebrity Authors Moving in on the Industry
Recently, there has been an explosion of A-List celebrities and YouTube megastars gaining their own book deals, with the likes of publishing giants such as Penguin. From teen idols Kendall and Kylie...
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Vital Xposure presents "Let Me Stay"
I have been a fan of Julie McNamara's work ever since I interviewed her for the BBC nearly two decades ago. A deeply personal approach runs through her creativity and art that allows those who...
View ArticleThe X Factor 2014 Audition Show Three
The opening X Factor shows last weekend were by far the most entertaining for years. Saturday night TV (and Sunday of course) back to it's very best. The return of our favourite judges, Simon and...
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Into the Black
I catch up with Black Moth, one of the new wave of British bands putting the heavy back into rock For the sake of full disclosure I have to admit that have a massive soft spot for any band that pays...
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Why Arts Fiends Should Hurry Up North
If you enjoy watching, making or participating in art of pretty much any description, then get yourself up/down/sideways to Leeds. Yes, you heard right: Leeds. Not London, not Paris or Berlin or NYC,...
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Interview With Diggs Duke: 'People Need To Slow Down Their Listening'
"There's a big difference between an artist who's trying to be seen, and one who's trying to be heard," says Jonathan Meacham, a singer-songwriter who's currently causing a bit of a stir on both sides...
View ArticleComing Home to You
There is a tangible sense of finality in the air around the company of Annie Get Your Gun. This week we have been visiting the beautiful green and gold auditorium of the Theatre Royal in Glasgow, our...
View ArticleThe X Factor 2014 Audition Show Four
Wow, Saturday night was filled with top UK (and US) talent in the shape of Paul Akister and Maria Ellinas and the world was introduced to two more Team Midas acts, Lola Saunders and Ben Haenow. Onto...
View ArticleHIMYM's Alternate Ending Gets it Right
And relax...at the end of last week, the highly anticipated alternative REAL ending was leaked on to the internet and thank goodness it was. I really really like How I Met Your Mother. It never made me...
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Little Revolution
When the London riots erupted three years ago, Hackney was on fire. Alecky Blythe, who wrote London Road, a sell-out at the National Theatre, took to the streets to record the voices of the people...
View ArticleYes, I Was a Glamour Model, But Do I Have to Be Defined By This Sexed-Up...
Receiving bad news is equivalent to getting punched in the face, and right now my manager is the one doing the punching: one of the studio's we pitched the digital series that I created, co-wrote and...
View Article'Prozac Nation': 20 Years On
In September 1994 Elizabeth Wurtzel's first book Prozac Nation was published and a new era of confessional-style memoir was born. Further than that, Elizabeth's frank and unsympathetic portrayal of her...
View Article'Celebrity Big Brother' - An Unusually Depressing Affair
This year's Celebrity Big Brother is an unusually depressing affair. When I first watched it I could not recognise a single person on it apart from Gary Busey, whom I'd watched in slack-jawed amazement...
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