This Disarming Man: Morrissey’s Smiths Solo
When ageing Smiths fans like me sing along to ‘This Charming Man’, their second, breakthrough 1983 single – and the song that ruined our lives… Read More »This Disarming Man: Morrissey’s Smiths Solo
When ageing Smiths fans like me sing along to ‘This Charming Man’, their second, breakthrough 1983 single – and the song that ruined our lives… Read More »This Disarming Man: Morrissey’s Smiths Solo
China’s ruling Communist Party has reportedly finally had enough of impossible male prettiness, and is cracking down on the promotion of metrosexuality. ‘Sissy’ boybands, ‘vulgar’… Read More »China’s Metrosexual Crackdown
Tonight the BBC screens Steve Coogan and John Reilly’s well-received 2019 film ‘Stan & Ollie’, about the most famous comedy duo’s disastrous, almost-posthumous 1953 tour… Read More »Funny-Peculiar Men: Laurel & Hardy
Rummaging around in an old hard drive one lockdown, I found this review (for Details ) of the Sex Pistols’ Finsbury Park reunion gig –… Read More »Sex in the Park
Some years back I posted a piece called ‘The Prettiest Punk‘, about the most fetching three-minute wonders. Scandalously, Adam Ant appeared nowhere in the list.… Read More »Prince Charming – Adam Ant’s Pop Apotheosis