OpinionMadonna: The immaculate composition3 CommentsMadonna is turning 62. In celebration, here are my favourite lines from every single one of her UK chart hits,...
OpinionMadonna’s face is not your dead relative3 CommentsLet’s start by dealing with some facts: Madonna transcends humanity. She is not only one of the most famous and...
OpinionThere’s no such thing as an unskilled worker7 CommentsWe have some unshakeable ideas about what our job says about us, and its place in society, don't we? And...
OpinionTry not to touch your own face while you read thisno commentIsn’t it always the way that as soon as we’re told we shouldn’t do something, we want to do it...
OpinionYou are not, and will never be, Anna from ‘This Life’11 CommentsWe all have our own Manderley, don’t we? That place we return to in our dreams, over and over, like...
OpinionNational Coming Out Day: How not to reactno commentIt's National Coming Out Day! Closet doors up and down the country are being wrenched off their hinges and brand-new LGBTQ younglings...
OpinionNational Coming Out Day is all yours – make it countno commentIt's National Coming Out Day, the day when the collective force of a zillion closet doors being thrust open is...
OpinionThe art of ingymidationno commentI have been going to the gym on and off – more on, I have to say – for the...
OpinionHow to start again3 CommentsWhen somebody dies, they take on a kind of mythical quality. Did they ever exist at all? Yes, you have...
OpinionLost4 CommentsGrief is a goo. A cold and heavy, sticky mess that you can’t wash off, that you tell yourself you’ll...