The makers of BBC2’s The Tudors, know which side their Irish buns are buttered. They recently announced that Jonathan Rhys-Meyer’s Henry will not be allowed to get fat in the third series, currently in production. In case anyone’s interested, the actual, historical Henry VIII became a big porker in later… Read More »A Right Royal Rent Boy – The Tartiness of The Tudors
Mark Simpson on why those protests over male makeup are just fake-tanned hypocrisy (Guardian CIF, 13 August, 2008) Oh, the gnashing and wailing of (bleached) teeth and pulling of (gelled) hair recently in some sections of the UK press over male makeup, after UK High Street Superdrug’s launched a new… Read More »Metrosexuality in Your Face: Male Makeup
Mmmmm. Retrosexual masculinity. Served in a rocks glass. Effortless. Unselfconscious. Dated. It tastes just like your… dad. Unlike you, of course. You moisturize. Go to the gym. Watch what you eat. Fret about whether you’re worthy of love. Worry about what masculinity actually means. And taste of tea-tree oil and… Read More »Your Dad Wasn’t a Metrosexual: But His Best Buddy Was
Email interview with Mark Simpson by Sarah Walters of Manchester Evening News (unedited version) pegged to his appearance as the bad fairy at this year’s Queer Up North Festival SW: Sexuality has been part and parcel of your life and writings – how has reaction changed to the topic of sexuality… Read More »Mark Simpson Interviewed by Manchester Evening News
So, Cilla, which of our lovely lads is the public going to plump for? Will it be ‘Dave’ the retrosexual PE teacher from Liverpool with a pint, who only uses aftershave his mum bought him for Christmas ‘on special occasions’ (but seems to be rather fond of hair product)? Or… Read More »The Sun newspaper: Retro or Metro?