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Metro…Sexual!

I don’t know this lady, but I think she’s a star. I like her way with words. I like her lips. I like the way she says the word ‘sexual’. In fact, she seems to be saying the word ‘sexual’ no matter what word she’s actually pronouncing. Does this mean… Read More »Metro…Sexual!

The Color of Whiteness: How Kodachrome Colorized the World Pink

Mark Simpson on how Kodachrome was devised to flatter Caucasian skin – ‘colorization’ changed the way we saw the world. (Originally appeared in the Independent on Sunday, 14 September 2003) Living as we do in a makeover world where everything, from historic buildings, to royal families, to working-class political parties has… Read More »The Color of Whiteness: How Kodachrome Colorized the World Pink

Rugby Students Study Sporno

It’s rumoured that some members of the ‘rugby community’ complained about the white-hot 2007 Dieux du Stade calendar (photographed by the stunningly talented Mariano Vivanco) going ‘too far’ and being ‘too gay’. Which if true would suggest that some rugby fans are very stupid. What on earth do they think… Read More »Rugby Students Study Sporno

The Kingdom of Diana

An extract from The Queen is Dead: London, 5 October 1997 Dearest Steven, Greetings from the Kingdom of Diana. I never thought I’d live to see a revolution in this country, but that’s almost what happened here after the Princess of Wales took a ride in a car driven by… Read More »The Kingdom of Diana

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