British writer and journalist.
How the Austrian Cinders became a Hollywood Prince Two decades ago, during peak metrosexmania in the US, the bodybuilder movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger, never exactly shy about drawing attention to himself – and now running for office – briefly came out as metrosexual. Or at least, welcomed the tag being applied to… Read More »Arnold Schmahzenegger
The steamy private life of the seismically successful Cinemascope stud How tall was Rock Hudson? The answer seems to be ‘it depends’. Wikipedia and others give his height as 6’4”, which seems to be his ‘official’, ‘studio’ height. But some sources give his height as 6’51/2”, and in the 1959 screwball,… Read More »Rock (of Gibraltar on the) Hudson
This is how I see all beards. Pogonophiles might call me a pogonophobe – someone with an extreme dislike of beards – but I prefer to think of myself as a lover of the male face. And chin. And jawline. Plus, I’m ticklish. I also like a little mystery: I don’t want to… Read More »Face Furring: How Britain Grew a Beard
Because I’m quite fond of my tooth enamel, I avoided Netflix’s Heartstopper when it was released last year. I thought me and my pearlies had escaped, but the release of a second series this month, and the accompanying crescendo of critical acclaim (‘critical’ these days means of course ‘gushing’) – along with… Read More »Gagging On The Super-Sweet ‘Heartstopper’
Warning: includes plot spoilers (though this is unlikely to change your viewing experience) Like several million others, suddenly remembering there was this thing called ‘a cinema’, I went to see the Barbie film. Why? Partly because it seemed to be a (women’s) flick that I needed to see and have an opinion… Read More »Beyond Our Ken: Post Hetero Barbie