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Who’s had sex with the most British monarchs (on screen)? (New Statesman)

I crunched the IMDB numbers to see which actors can claim to have ‘bedded’ the greatest number of British monarchs, and whether Matt Smith is the only person to have achieved the ‘double Elizabeth’.

Image from The Crown

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After Harry weds Meghan, who is the most eligible prince of them all? (New Statesman)

New Statesmen: Ed can you write something Europe’s most eligible princes to tie-in with the Prince Harry engagement story?

Ed: MARRY THE POPE.

picture of the royal couple

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Apparently I am a xennial now – where will this end? (New Statesman)

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2017/10/apparently-i-am-xennial-now-where-will-end

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From Princess of Wales to Queen of Tat – the peculiar commercialisation of Diana (New Statesman)

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2017/08/princess-wales-queen-tat-peculiar-commercialisation-diana

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“The absolute dogs in office skills”: why aren’t millennials queuing up for this amazing job? (New Statesman)

Arts venue mugs off a generation, elder member of said generation mugs off the arts venue. And so the cycle continues.

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Lord Buckethead vs Theresa May – meet the UK’s weirdest political parties (New Statesman)

It’s minor political party time as I dig into the weirder bits of UK electoral history for the NS.

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The worst Oscar-winning films of all time (New Statesman)

Is Suicide Squad objectively the worst film ever to have won an Oscar? I decided to find out.

The worst Oscar-winning films of all time - How hated movies have grabbed their space in the spotlight.

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What’s new in Wetherspoon News? A close reading of the political magazine of our times (New Statesman)

I have achieved my final form and turned the magazine you read when you drink alone in a Wetherspoons in some brilliant #content for the New Statesman!

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Why I’m sick of fake theorists lamenting the “millennial problem” (New Statesman)

Here’s me bitching about that stupid viral video where Simon Sinek pretends to be sad about millennials not having alarm clocks.

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How likely are the plots of each Black Mirror episode to happen? (New Statesman)

Imagine a dystopian world in which I was asked to evaluate how plausible the premises in the first two series of Black Mirror were.

How likely are the plots of each Black Mirror episode to happen?