By Mark Simpson (Independent on Sunday, 21 Jan 2008) Every child wants to be a zookeeper when they grow up. To run a place where everything is in its place, and has nothing to do but eat, shit and breed – to your timetable. Maybe it’s a yen for revenge… Read More »Waxing Desmond Morris
D&G are cunning bastards. No wonder they are now a World Power. No other fashion brand better understands the nature of 21st Century desire, where it lives, what it looks like, what it looks good in –and where it’s taking us in the back of a taxi on Saturday night.… Read More »D&G’s Hot Date With Metrosexuality
From this month’s GQ Russia. My Russian is a little rusty, but I think the piece from this 50th anniversary of GQ issue is about ‘Forty Things That Changed Men’s Lives’. I’ve no idea what GQ has to say about me, but all I care about is that: there’s a… Read More »Simpson Tops Arnie and Freud in GQ Spread
How steroids got into our bloodstream and changed the shape of masculinity (Guardian, 6 Dec, 2007) ‘Roids may sound as Eighties as Cher’s black-lace bodice. But they’re baaak, even bigger and bustier than ever. According to a series of recent reports, steroids, or ‘juice’ or ‘gear’ to the initiated, once… Read More »Size Hero: How Steroids & Muscle Marys Conquered the World
Hollywood has apparently taken note of the global publicity surrounding uber-metrosexual English footballer David Beckham’s arrival in Tinseltown and decided to dust off America’s own, discarded metrosexual sportsman prototype, 1960s flamboyant, fur-coat wearing NFL quarterback Joe Namath and give it the big-screen treatment. Jake Gyllenhaal is to play Namath –… Read More »Metro Cowboy to Play Metro Athlete