On watching two ‘bio-streams’ about dead gay fashionistas I could have been Lee Alexander McQueen’s husband. Back in the last years of the 20th century, the now sadly deceased British designer, usually described as an ‘enfant terrible’ of the fashion world, offered to marry me. In writing. In 1998, my fax… Read More »High Stitching: The lives & loves of Lagerfeld & Balenciaga
Admiring the dystopian screwball romcom ‘Upload’ The future is always about the present, but the present can also be about the future. If it’s darkly funny enough. I recently finished three seasons of Upload, on Amazon Prime Video. Created, directed and lead-written by Greg Daniels, former The Simpsons writer and adapter of the US… Read More »A Well-Rounded Future
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’
Watching The Metro Columbo I have repeatedly and insistently made you aware of my obsessive interest in the classic – that is, ancient – 1970s TV detective show Columbo. You’ll be glad to know that I have now finished all seven seasons on Amazon Prime. You’ll be even gladder to know that I’m not going to write… Read More »Mental About The Mentalist
My Columbo odyssey continues – I’m now on the sixth season, made in 1976. Season five was a very bumpy ride – and the show was nearly cancelled – but season six starts with the most exquisitely delightful Columbo episode yet. I didn’t know that William Shatner appeared in Columbo. Google tells me he appeared in… Read More »When Columbo Met Captain Kirk (& Fell in Love)