BBC Culture
I’m a regular contributor to BBC Culture, writing on books, style, TV and film. You can see my author page with my most recent work here and links to previous pieces below:
The dramatic Oscars look announcing a style icon
one of the most controversial oscar wins ever
Zendaya’s robot suit and other wild Mugler looks
why Beyonce is reclaiming country music
How polyamory became a ‘new normal’
Why Gen Z are dressing like mob wives
Why The Traitors is the most compulsive show on TV
How Joni Mitchell forged a path for Taylor Swift
45 of 2024’s most anticipated books
How to stop your films and music from disappearing
From Riders to Tackle: Why Britain loves Jilly Cooper’s raunch novels
Why ‘Slut’ is Taylor Swift’s call to arms
How the WAGs became the women that Britain loved to hate
Lady Gaga’s meat dress: the outfit that shocked the world
The superstar models who ruled the 90s
The assassination of JFK: one of the Us’s biggest mysteries
Twitter’s rebrand: Why ‘x’ could be the most powerful letter in English
Why is pink so controversial?
Why the super rich love understated dressing
How the ‘naked’ look took over fashion
Why are audiences behaving badly?
Why the boho, rock-goddess aesthetic lives on
Bjork’s swan dress: a reviled Oscars outfit that’s now iconic
The power of Forbidden Notebook’s hidden diary entries
Iconic TV opening title sequences
The Secret History: a murder mystery that thrills 30 years on
The radical books rewriting sex
The Office at 20: the hit TV show that couldn’t be made now
The Good Fight: The show that sums up our times
The Afterparty: The reinvention of the murder mystery
The remarkable cult of Elena Ferrante
Why Be My Baby is the perfect pop song
Pulp’s Different Class: The album that defined an era
Friends: the show that changed our idea of family
Grease 2: The flop that became a surprise hit
How bookshops are helping with isolation
Vermeer’s secrets: Why we’re fascinated by art fakes
From Da Vinci to Churchill: What our doodles can mean
Why the secret symbols of magic and witchcraft fascinate us
Why we can’t resist rewatching films
How boredom can spark creativity
Hollywood’s new kind of love story
Audiobooks: the rise and rise of the books you don’t read
The films that defined Generation X
What makes an iconic book cover?
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