Hulu’s George Lazenby doc is a ‘curious’ yarn I recently caught up with the curious Hulu 2017 docudrama ‘Becoming Bond‘ about George Lazenby, the Australian male model who was the first 007 after Connery – and, famously, for only one film: ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ (1969). He was also… Read More »James Bond’s Gay Test
A recent poll claims most Brits now find male toplessness “unacceptable” You might be unaware that male toplessness in public places was banned in most US states until the late 1930s, even at swimming pools and the beach. To prevent the provocative sight of male nippleage inflaming the lusts of goodly… Read More »The Pressing Problem of Male Nipples
‘Youth! Youth! There is absolutely nothing in the world but youth!’ – Lord Henry Wooton, The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde I WANT TO TALK about Andrew McCarthy’s eyes. And what became of them. He never quite had classic Hollywood lead looks: his face was sensitive boy-next-doorish; a… Read More »The Early Supper Club – Andrew McCarthy’s doc Brats
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
When ageing Smiths fans like me sing along to ‘This Charming Man’, their second, breakthrough 1983 single – and the song that ruined our lives – we fondly imagine ourselves achieving some kind of crude approximation of his famous vocals, after all these years of study and devotion. Trying to… Read More »This Disarming Man: Morrissey’s Smiths Solo