Category Archives: Celebrity & Media

+ Caster Semenya – The Unfair Nature of Gender

Up until a few months ago the only thing on Caster Semenya’s mind was continually improving on her personal best, wiping seconds off it with each and every finishing line she crossed. But after an astonishing win at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, it was her gender rather than her talent which stole the [...]

+ Lady GaGa – Pop puppet or innovative icon?

While the hype around Lady GaGa has much more to do with her insanely dangerous style choices than her music, she has been lauded as an icon of the YouTube generation. In spite of her classically-trained pianist skills, I suspect her success has a lot more to do with her quick-thinking and publicity-savvy management. Combining [...]

+ Kate Moss – drunk, swearing and gyrating

When you see Kate Moss in advertising campaigns and countless magazine editorials, she always looks the epitome of pefection. So it was quite endearing to see her in a much more down-to-earth light as she indulged us with some not very often seen drunken behaviour! First came the poses: And I couldn’t help laughing at [...]

+ Selection of Fave Movie Moments

Sometimes you watch a movie, and right out of nowhere comes a scene that will stay in your mind months and years after you ever watched it. From the top of my head here are some of the best examples of cinematic brilliance! Shake your head girl / With your ponytail Flashbacks of a Fool, [...]

+ John Frusciante – A Red Hot Chilli Pepper

Ranked 18th on The Rolling Stones’ list of “greatest guitarists of all time” in 2003, John Frusciante is best known for being in Red Hot Chilli Peppers but is also a solo artist in his own right. He caught my eye when I watched this very old video of Anthony Kiedis and himself performing Under [...]

+ Favourite moments from my time away – Part 1

If you read this article you might be unable to stop yourself from booking a flight to some exotic location… it’s a list of my favourite, or at least most memorable moments, from my time away (part one). + The kaleidoscope of colour otherwise known as Rio Carnaval parade in the Sambodrome. But for an [...]

+ Putting a price on privacy

If you held up a mirror to contemporary british culture you might possibly see the face of Katie Price looking back at you with £ signs shining in her eyes. This is a woman who has embraced the superficiality of Britain for her own benefit, and you might say good for her! What with her [...]

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