Final article of 2025…happy to be in @telegraph.co.uk old-school print today telling the story of the real Marty Supreme 🏓⭐ www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/real...

“Keith Richards held a sword on me – then threatened to throw me in his moat” For the final @nme.com trivia-challenge of 2025, I quizzed Evan Dando www.nme.com/features/mus...

“Keith Richards held a sword on me – then threatened to throw me in his moat” For the final @nme.com trivia-challenge of 2025, I quizzed Evan Dando www.nme.com/features/mus...

"We saw people eating monkeys' brains!" In 1985, a 15-year-old student sued her school for showing her a class a video that purported to show real deaths. With a Charli XCX-featuring reboot on the horizon, I wrote about the legacy of mondo horror Faces of Death for the Telegraph archive.is/Y1DAN

"We saw people eating monkeys' brains!" In 1985, a 15-year-old student sued her school for showing her a class a video that purported to show real deaths. With a Charli XCX-featuring reboot on the horizon, I wrote about the legacy of mondo horror Faces of Death for the Telegraph archive.is/Y1DAN

Had a quick chat with PinkPantheress for @nme.com about ‘Illegal’ winning Song of the Year www.nme.com/features/mus...

Merry listmas! For @nme.com s 50 Best Songs of 2025, I blurbed JADE’s ‘Plastic Box’ - www.nme.com/lists/end-of...

50 years ago, Ross McWhirter was assassinated by the IRA. Known as the creator of the Guiness Book of Records and sidekick on Records Breakers, he (along with twin brother Norris) had a less-cuddly side which I’ve written about for The Telegraph - archive.is/aClvA

It was dubbed “Punk’d for paedophiles” and “Paedle's About”,, and now a new film examines the uneasy legacy of To Catch a Predator. In @telegraphnews.bsky.social , I’ve written about what happens when the lines between righteous anger and entertainment blur. www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2025/11/0...

Collaborating with ghosts, gloryholes, and being mistaken for John Lydon…I quizzed Sammy Hagar for this week’s @nme.com trivia-challenge www.nme.com/features/mus...

Quizzed 10cc’s Graham Gouldman for the latest edition of @nme.com ’s Does Rock N Roll Kill Braincells? trivia-challenge www.nme.com/features/mus...

hi all, the awaited day has come: I'm looking for freelance writers to pitch Inverse Gaming for end-of-year coverage! namely, I'm looking for someone to contribute our best of RPGs this year list ($350), and pitch us on some year-end lookback essays ($500+). please pitch me: [email protected]

For my Manchester Mill debut, I’ve investigated the grim social media trend of online vigilantes “patrolling” gay cruising areas in the city, and exposing the men there to ritual humiliation. manchestermill.co.uk/cottagers-co...

For my Manchester Mill debut, I’ve investigated the grim social media trend of online vigilantes “patrolling” gay cruising areas in the city, and exposing the men there to ritual humiliation. manchestermill.co.uk/cottagers-co...

Pasolini’s 120 Days of Sodom is still the most shocking film of all time - The Telegraph Once banned around the world, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò is about to be shown at the Barbican “Elegantly beautiful…but at the same time you can barely watch it” ~ John Waters apple.news/AMTpYdOE1S4C...

Pasolini’s final film, Salò, earned a reputation as one of the most depraved and censored of all time – yet the director considered it a powerful anti-fascist tract. On its 50th anniversary, I spoke to its stars for @telegraphnews.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2025/1...

Pasolini’s final film, Salò, earned a reputation as one of the most depraved and censored of all time – yet the director considered it a powerful anti-fascist tract. On its 50th anniversary, I spoke to its stars for @telegraphnews.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2025/1...

Quizzed The Wombats for this edition of @nme.com 's Does Rock N Roll Kill Braincells?. Director’s commentary: I contacted Lord Kenneth Clarke’s office to find out what he thought of the song ‘Kenneth Clarke’s Beard’, but alas, he declined to comment. www.nme.com/features/mus...

Keeley Hawes as a hard-drinking “perimenopausal James Bond” who rampages around calling children “F*ckface” would be my pitch for anything (including a revamped Songs of Praise), so The Assassin was up my alley www.nme.com/reviews/tv-r...

Spoke to Eric Idle for @nme.com about the Beatles, turning down writing a musical for Bowie, and why he expects to be the first comedian to be deported from the US since Charlie Chaplin www.nme.com/features/fil...

Coming on like Leigh Bowery organising a children’s birthday party, the world of Gelli Haha is riotously fun. I interviewed her about her debut album ‘Switcheroo’ for @nme.com www.nme.com/features/mus...

"The truth is, we were all absolutely knackered at the end of a 77-date tour and they didn’t want to go back to the UK and do it. My view was that was mad – and we should do it."

"Le fait que 'Relax' ait empêché 'Radio Ga Ga' de Queen d'être n° 1 a dû être comme un coup de couteau dans le cœur pour le pauvre Freddie Mercury, car personne n'avait entendu parler de nous la semaine précédente" @garyryanfreelance.bsky.social

“When I asked Boy George if he had a brush, he called me a comb-osexual” Quizzed total gent (and riot) Holly Johnson for this week’s @nme.com Does Rock N Roll Kill Braincells? trivia challenge www.nme.com/features/mus...

Wonderful new interview with @markfrost.bsky.social about #TwinPeaks. www.nme.com/features/tv-...

Enjoyed chatting with Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost for @nme.com about working with David Lynch, whether the series may continue, and the time that Queen Elizabeth II rushed out of a private audience with Paul McCartney to discover who killed Laura Palmer www.nme.com/features/tv-...

For this week’s @nme.com Does Rock N Roll Kill Braincells? brain-teaser, I quizzed Femi Kuti www.nme.com/features/mus...

Wondering who #Eurovision viewers will hear doing the commentary tonight? For @telegraphnews.bsky.social, I spoke to “The other Graham Nortons” (including those broadcasting from war bunkers and ones who inspired Will Ferrell) about their most memorable moments www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/e...

Quizzed Louise for this week’s @nme.com Does Rock N Roll Kill Braincells? trivia-challenge (covering being ripped off by Peppa Pig, turning down a role in Friends, and standing up for LGBTQ+ rights) www.nme.com/features/mus...

I sneeze and Pulitzer-winning articles come out…For the 20th anniversary of Dig!, I interviewed some of the players for @nme.com www.nme.com/features/fil...

Quizzed Rizzle Kicks for this week’s @nme.com Braincells trivia challenge (includes Frank Ocean breaking up fights involving them at the BRITs, covering Cliff Richard with Una Stubbs, and a Who Do You Think You Are?-style family connection with Kula Shaker) www.nme.com/features/mus...

This was a lot of fun! Enjoyed interviewing comedy legend Bruce Vilanch about his most notorious clunkers (including The Star Wars Holiday Special, Snow White dancing with Rob Lowe at the 1989 Oscars, and Paul Lynde’s Halloween Special) for @telegraphnews.bsky.social telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/bruce-v...

Heeeeeeeerrrre’s Johnny! Enjoyed quizzing Johnny Rotten for this week’s @nme.com Does Rock 'N' Roll Kill Braincells? feature (covering turning down Daft Punk, horrifying Kate Bush, and why he’d make a good Joker) www.nme.com/features/mus...

Spoke to Rob McElhenney about his love of the Beatles, Beastie Boys, and Bon Jovi (as well as other bands that don’t begin with a B) for @nme.com 's Soundtrack of My Life series www.nme.com/features/tv-...

Quizzed Gary Kemp for the latest @nme.com Does Rock N Roll Kill Braincells? trivia challenge (covering trying to recruit Seal to front Spandau Ballet, New Order urinating on the band, and his new solo album) www.nme.com/features/mus...

A short thread (cue Frasier voice: “Dear God, no!”) of some of my favourite articles to write this year

For my last article in 2024, I spoke to classical musicians for @telegraphnews.bsky.social about the problems they face when flying. In print and online here - telegraph.co.uk/music/classi...

Ahead of SAS Rogue Heroes, I chatted with star Jack O’Connell for @nme.com about the ante-upping second series, how a need for US co-producton investment halted the Shaun Ryder biopic, and blagging Oasis reunion tickets off Noel Gallagher www.nme.com/news/tv/jack...

Had a chat with Pepsi and Shirlie (and George Michael’s ghost) about the 40th anniversary of 'Last Christmas' for @NME.com www.nme.com/news/music/p...

“Songwriting is an amazing tool to pull apart the puzzle pieces of what’s happened to you” For @prsformusic.bsky.social ‘s M Magazine I interviewed Bambie Thug about their plans to take things to the next level in 2025, which can be read here – issuu.com/m_magazine/d...

For the 30th anniversary of East 17’s ‘Stay Another Day’, it was a pleasure quizzing Tony Mortimer for this week’s @nme.com Does Rock N Roll Kill Braincells? trivia-challenge www.nme.com/features/mus...