For A Kiss

Already in Madrid this year there have been 98 reported hate crimes against LGBT people in the city  ….. there was just 36 for the whole on 2015.    This new short film Por Un Beso (For a Kiss) was actually made the day after the Orlando killings, and was released in conjunction with Madrid Pride … Continue reading

Flatbush Luck

Swedish/American filmmaker Casper Andreas specializes in formulaic gay-lite comedies with cliched ridden plots and characters that usually rely on being easy on the eye as their main selling point.  This latest one about two attractive cousins who work as phone repairmen in Brooklyn and stumble on a get-rich-quick scheme is about the same as his previous efforts … Continue reading

For Guys Who Like To Break A Sweat

The new Varsity Collection sums itself up as ‘Clothing and accessories for the guy who likes to break a sweat… and always makes it to the finish line.’    I guess they should know about sweat as they are part of the Grindr ‘Dating'(!) Empire.  The new collection, which is a collaboration with Print All … Continue reading

Fanny Cradock : How we Brits Used To Cook

In the 1950’s and right up to the mid 1970’s there was only one cookery queen who ruled Britain’s TV programs : Fanny Cradock.  She pre-dated all the celebrity chefs, even Julia Child, and was quintessentially English right down to her snobby accent and the dreadful fussy dresses that she wore to cook. For the … Continue reading

Flamboyant Pete Burns dies aged 57

Pete Burns the Brit pop-singer who became a Reality TV personality, died suddenly yesterday  after a massive cardiac arrest.  He was 57 years old.  Boy George mourning his passing, described Burns as ‘one of our great true eccentrics‘.  Burns found fame as a member of a proto-goth group originally called Nightmares in Wax before they … Continue reading

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