The Definitive Vietnam War Novel? Or Cartoon War Porn?
Today’s FT carries a review by yours truly of Karl Marlantes’ controversial novel Matterhorn.
Muscle: Hollywood’s Biggest Special Effect
By Mark Simpson (Independent on Sunday 31 March 2002) Guys! Do you worry that your body isn’t sufficiently lean and muscular? Do you frequently compare your muscles with other men’s? If you see a man who is clearly more muscular… Read More »Muscle: Hollywood’s Biggest Special Effect
Reasons to Be Cheerful, presented by Jake Arnott
My good friend the novelist Jake Arnott presents next Saturday’s instalment of BBC Radio Four’s antidote to grumpiness series ‘Reasons To Be Cheerful’. He looks at the astonishing changes in attitudes towards sexuality and masculinity in the past few decades,… Read More »Reasons to Be Cheerful, presented by Jake Arnott
The Press Still Love-Hates ‘Twinkletoes’ Ronaldo So
Cristiano Ronaldo’s latest fashion foible, painted toe-nails has provoked the usual bitchy, mocking response that is attached to anything Ronaldo in the Anglo media. Despite – or perhaps because of – the way they seem to regard him as a… Read More »The Press Still Love-Hates ‘Twinkletoes’ Ronaldo So
Monogamy & The City
So, I finally went to see Sex and The City 2 the other day. Which is a very rash thing to do. Particularly if you’re not a woman. Or a gay man with lots of gal pals to giggle with.… Read More »Monogamy & The City