Tag Archives: sporno

Romantico Sporno on Polish Prime Time

February 7, 2013 – 10:55 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in commentary | Tagged , , | Comments (4)

Rugby’s Tartiest

“He’s more of a ladies man. I’m more for the male clientele.”

January 22, 2013 – 11:14 am | By Mark Simpson | Posted in commentary | Tagged , , | Comments (2)

Posho Sporno: Warwick Uni Rowers Take on Homophobia with Homophilia

Tip: Paul D

December 1, 2012 – 12:18 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in sporno, sport | Tagged , , , | Comments (6)

Sporno Pop Promo — ‘Don’t Deny Your Heart’

“We’ve waited years for this!” A kind of soccer version of this famously spornographic ad campaign for rugger buggery from a few years back: Tip: Tim  

November 29, 2012 – 2:44 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in music, sporno | Tagged , , | Comments (2)

Sporno in French

Interesting article on sporno and the London Olympics (with reference to yours truly) by Francois-Luc Doyez in France’s Liberation newspaper.

August 8, 2012 – 11:40 am | By Mark Simpson | Posted in sporno, sport | Tagged , , | Comments (1)

The Sporno Guide to the London Olympics

Available at Out.com.

July 26, 2012 – 4:01 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in sporno | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Ciao Bello! Mark Simpson interviewed by Italian mag ‘Studio’

English (unedited) version of Q&A with Mark Simpson by Michele Masneri for Italian cultural  magazine Studio in which he talks about the Italian roots of sporno, the next stage of metrosexuality – and the Silviosexual What do you mean by the word “sporno”? The place where sport and porn get into bed while Mr Armani takes pictures. …

January 19, 2012 – 7:03 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in interview with Mark Simpson, metrosexual, metrosexy | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)

Sporno Gallery

I’ve added an eye-popping gallery of sporno to the metrosexy Facebook page here. (It’s a lot easier on FB than on WordPress.) Alas, due to the limitations of the format there are no illustrations in the e-book — aside from David Williams lyrical shower scene on the cover. Metrosexy is 70,000 words long but doesn’t …

June 20, 2011 – 10:36 am | By Mark Simpson | Posted in metrosexy, sporno | Tagged , | Comments (2)

‘Metrosexy’ hits the streets. And struts its stuff.

Everything you wanted to know about the end of sexuality (But were afraid to ask)   metrosexy is published today on Amazon Kindle. (Vanity publishing seemed so right.) Available for your instant pleasure from:   Amazon.co.uk Amazon.com Amazon.de There are currently no plans for a ‘hard’ copy of metrosexy. It’s a virtual book for virtual masculinity. …

May 31, 2011 – 1:09 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in announcement | Tagged , , , , | Comments (20)

Henry Finally Throws in the Towel

Much-loved British heavyweight boxer Henry Cooper died this week. Unborn in 1963, the year he nearly defeated Cassius Clay (the Brits love near-winners much more than winners), I remember him for the curious Brut TV commercials he did in the 1970s that helped usher in the world of male product aisles in supermarkets and spornographic …

May 8, 2011 – 1:37 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in advertising, commentary, masculinity, metrosexual | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (2)