August 10th, 2011
The country’s only LGBT bookshop and a queer-friendly film distributor have both suffered losses during this week’s riots. However, the Gay Village in Birmingham was largely spared a second night of violence. (more…)
August 9th, 2011
August 8th, 2011
South Korea’s first ever mainstream lesbian drama was aired by terrestrial channel KBS 2TV on Sunday. The show immediately generated controversy for its depiction of gay lives. (more…)
August 4th, 2011
Good evening and welcome to the fifth week of Candy Bar Girls. Can you believe it’s been that long? To think that only a mere month ago I didn’t know who Jo was. Or that other Jo, you know, the one with the thing. Or the one with big hair, glasses and a hot girlfriend. Or whatshername, oh, it’s on the tip of my tongue…you’d know her if you saw her. She’s got a face. And shoes.
July 29th, 2011
The soap’s new characters will be played by Shameless star Kelli Hollis and Alicya Eyo, famous for her role as Denny Blood in Bad Girls.
July 29th, 2011
The former Bond girl spoke about her fling with another famous actress on the Howard Stern radio show. (more…)
July 28th, 2011
It’s that time of week again where we don our ironic fedoras, short sleeved blazers and skinny jeans and pretend we live in Soho. To get in the mood I’m currently eating a Ukranian-Italian fusion takeaway I ordered from a simply lovely Venetian style frozen oxygen bar on Dean Street whilst listening to an all-female hipster punk band called Labia Majora play post-ironic Japanese pop versions of K.D. Lang songs on a stylophone.
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July 21st, 2011
Hello and welcome to the Candy Bar Girls week three liveblog. If you missed the action last week, don’t worry! I watched it for you like some kind of benevolent Lesbian God.You can catch up here on last week’s Candy Bar Girls episode 2 liveblog.
Incidentally, if there were lesbian gods they’d have the head of Shane from the L Word and the body of Lara Croft from Tomb Raider. I’ve given this matter quite a lot of thought.
After last week’s homage to Most Haunted, a.k.a. the entirely pointless ghost hunt in the Candy Bar, I’m anticipating this episode will contain crossovers with other hit television programmes. Maybe Danni will appear on ‘Strictly Come Pole Dancing’ and Shabby will go on Big Brothe…oh wait, hang on. Never mind. (more…)
July 18th, 2011
It has been revealed that almost three-quarters of a million people watched the second episode of Channel 5’s Candy Bar Girls last week. (more…)
July 15th, 2011
After recently having my heart broken I popped on ‘Bridget Jones’ in the vague hope it may rouse me from my darkest days, writes Clare Edmondson.
I unsuspectingly put myself through two hours of smug, irritating characters, ridiculous romantic ideals and a heart sinking soundtrack that felt like a form of sadistic torture.
To help you avoid this and other filmic mistakes here, in reverse order, are my top 5 films to watch with a broken heart. (more…)