British writer and journalist.
So, I got around to reading Kenneth Cook’s 1961 novel Wake in Fright (recommended by S.J. Watson) which the film of the same name was based on, and which I wrote about here. It is a remarkable, vivid, and wry piece of writing, still fresh after over half a century, and I thoroughly recommend… Read More »Oh God, That Light!
Columbo meets an early pro-sporno Having given up on Netflix and the 21st Century, I’ve been watching Columbo – Amazon Prime Video have the first seven seasons (1971-8), gloriously restored, and digitally remastered in HD. Always a high-production value show, it can now be appreciated as never before – in detail. I love Columbo because there’s… Read More »The Curious Case of the Killer Buttocks
My pal Graham recently drew my attention to the 1971 Australian film Wake in Fright, which is now available to watch in full, in a gloriously restored, uncensored HD on YouTube. I have no idea why he thought I would be interested in a film about homosociality, repressed homosexuality, and drunken depravity.… Read More »‘First Time in the Yabba, Mate?’
Madison Cawthorn’s Big Butch Exit North Carolina Representative Madison Cawthorn, a wheelchair user after a 2014 car accident, used his final address on the House floor last week to bemoan “soft metrosexuals” and give today’s men a stern spanking: “Our young men are taught that weakness is strength, that delicacy… Read More »Metrosexual Ex-Rep. Raps Metros
Daniel Craig’s new ad for Belvedere vodka is quite the gay divorcee statement. In the ad, directed by Thor‘s Taika Waititi, fifty-four-year-old Craig (happily married to Rachel Weisz since 2011), sheds his 007 white tuxedo strai(gh)tjacket, dons a tarty black tank top, silver chain necklace and leathers, shows us his delts,… Read More »Daniel Craig Escapes Bond’s Closet