Features Emily Garside Features Emily Garside

Going back to (queer) High school

As Netflix continues to cancel LGBTQ+ shows, Emily Garside reflects on the importance of representation on screen and how queer teen TV, such as Heartstopper, has helped heal part of her younger self

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Reviews David Opie Reviews David Opie

Monster Review

Ahead of its UK release this Friday 15th March, David Opie reviews Monster, a queer narrative which examines and unspools modern society’s complicated relationship with the truth.

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Features, Music Nick Levine Features, Music Nick Levine

The Many Faces of Pete Burns

We all know the word "icon" is horribly overused, but it's still the best way to describe Pete Burns. Anything else would feel too small and restricting for the singer and reality star who defied easy categorisation but always made a massive impact. Seven years after his untimely death at the age of 57, clips from Burns' caustic 2006 stint on Celebrity Big Brother continue to circulate on social media. One stinging put-down – "you're insincere to the point of nausea", aimed at Baywatch actress Traci Bingham – has become a camp classic.

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Reviews Sam Moore Reviews Sam Moore

Paradise Lost

Across all three of these novels - Dancer From the Dance, Nights in Aruba, and The Beauty of Men - Holleran’s characters have a complex, and sometimes even combative relationship with New York; as life pulls them away from it and yet they continue to find, or force, their way back.

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