Because I’m quite fond of my tooth enamel, I avoided Netflix’s Heartstopper when it was released last year. I thought me and my pearlies had escaped, but the release of a second series this month, and the accompanying crescendo of critical acclaim… Read More »Gagging On The Super-Sweet ‘Heartstopper’
Warning: includes plot spoilers (though this is unlikely to change your viewing experience) Like several million others, suddenly remembering there was this thing called ‘a cinema’, I went to see the Barbie film. Why? Partly because it seemed to be a (women’s)… Read More »Beyond Our Ken: Post Hetero Barbie
The UK’s biggest pro-sporno goes primetime A few years back, I wrote about YouTube ‘pro-spornos’such as Jeff Seid and David Laid – self-objectifying and self-monetising shredded young men whose aesthetically impressive, under-dressed bodies arouse fascination, envy, and desire on social media,… Read More »Matt Does Spandex
Watching The Metro Columbo I have repeatedly and insistently made you aware of my obsessive interest in the classic – that is, ancient – 1970s TV detective show Columbo. You’ll be glad to know that I have now finished all seven seasons on Amazon Prime. You’ll be… Read More »Mental About The Mentalist
Set in an upmarket West London health club with ‘central heating and wall-to-wall fitted carpets’, this captivating Pathe newsreel time capsule from 1966 reveals an era when sportswear hasn’t been invented yet – so the guys are doing their exercises… Read More »The Keep Fit Craze