EXPLAINED: Belfast’s Drag Queen Storytime row (with Divina de Campo)
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Welfare cuts and Pride as a protest | PoliticsJOE Podcast
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Kate Nash: Debunking anti-trans activists, and why Elon Musk is a fool | PoliticsJOE Podcast
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On the Supreme Court’s “woman” ruling | PoliticsJOE Podcast
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The silence from the Tories after the homophobic Clapham stabbing is deafening
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Kesha: All four albums ranked from Animal to Gag Order
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I was born and raised in London. Here are the 9 biggest mistakes I see tourists make.
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Scream: All 6 iconic slashers ranked from least to most camp
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Avril Lavigne: All seven of the Pop Punk Queen’s albums ranked from worst to best
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Best of 2020: Top 10 Songs
Despite the world falling apart around us this year, 2020 was a great time for music. It has been a year of firsts, with more songs than ever debuting at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the unprecedented pandemic leading to album delays and endless tour cancellations. This list collates ten of the…
Big Brother 22: Final Thoughts
Earlier this week, season 22 of Big Brother came to an end after 16 “All Star” players competed for the prize once more. The game was dominated by The Committee alliance, who won almost every competition of the summer and controlled the vast majority of the game – which made for awful television and left…
Every song from Taylor Swift’s ‘folklore’, ranked
Little over a month ago, Taylor Swift did the unexpected and dropped her eighth studio album, folklore, with no prior promotion and an announcement only the day before. Since then, it has already become one of the year’s biggest records and is the first album by a female artist to spend its first four weeks…
15 of the best TV shows to binge-watch during lockdown
Unless you’ve been living under a rock or just ignoring the news entirely, you’re probably aware that the world is essentially at a total halt right now. The coronavirus pandemic has seen workplaces close, universities move online and even made RuPaul do something as awful as a virtual reunion and finale for season 12 of…
Taylor Swift’s lead singles, as ranked by a certified Swiftie
One year ago today, Taylor Swift brought her 13 day countdown to an end and released ME! as the lead single from her seventh album Lover. Love it or hate it, it’s what we got and we had no choice but to stream. One year later, I’ve ranked all seven of Swift’s lead singles from…
Sorry Not Sorry: Editor’s Letter
During the final year of my BA Journalism with Study Abroad degree at City, University of London, I created a magazine with five other students for publication in April 2020. In the role of Editor, I oversaw the magazine from its design to the content within it. Sorry Not Sorry exists to liberate our readers from the…
PrEP isn’t free on the NHS in England, but it needs to be
For the 26,000 people in England taking part in the PrEP Impact Trial, the drug is available for free on the NHS. Everyone else wanting it, however, does not have the same luxury and can pay anywhere from £17.50 to hundreds of pounds per month for it, depending on where they buy it. But why…
City News Radio: How many Academy Award-winning films can Entertainment Reporter Conor Clark name? (February 7th, 2020)
Produced and written by Tom Atkinson, featuring Conor Clark. Originally broadcast as part of City News Radio’s February 7th, 2020 show ahead of the 92nd Academy Awards.
BEST OF 2019: Top 10 Songs
Disclaimer: this list is my opinion and of course not fact. I am not a music expert nor am I trying to analyse the songs in what I write about them. Any tracks listed were released from January 1st to December 31st of 2019. There will also be no artist represented twice in the list,…
Why Shangela Deserves to Win All Stars 3
With the finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars season three airing tonight, fans are divided over who deserves to snatch the crown. The final four features Shangela Laquifa Wadley, Trixie Mattel, Bebe Zahara Benet and Kennedy Davenport (but, let’s face it, Bebe and Kennedy won’t/shouldn’t win tonight). The easiest place to start when it comes to…