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INTERVIEW | FAB
You may have seen their cheeky ads all over the place and find yourself falling in love with their product range, but make no mistake FAB is an internet shopping phenomenon.
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TV REVIEW| Dancing On The Edge
★★★★ Dancing On The Edge
A superbly rich and decadent five part BBC2 drama, Dancing On The Edge is a refreshing burst of historic splendour detailing the introduction of jazz to a reserved and stagnant British elite.
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Apple Sells 25th Billionth Song
Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded more than 25 billion songs from the iTunes Store.
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GROOMING REVIEW | Close Shave Society
It’s the bane of man’s life. Shaving – and what’s more it just gets more and more expensive. Step in our new grooming heroes Close Shave Society – a brand new company that will change the way you shave.
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AUDIO REVIEW | Musical Fidelity EB-50
Ever since the dreaded little ubiquitous white ear buds from a certain brand were being popped into the nations’ ears, we’ve been duped into believing that the quality of music just doesn’t matter.
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Support The London Bid For 2018 Gay Games
Last week, Sport London hosted an event at Portcullis house, in attendance were press, politicians and members of the LGBT community, they came together to discuss the 2018 Gay Games.
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Spice Up For Your Life With A Cocktail At Harvey Nichols
Darling, sweetie… Harvey Nichols launches 5 brand new Spicetastic cocktails on the fifth floor.
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Government Vote In Favour Of The Same Sex Marriage Bill
Yesterday, MPs voted by a majority of 225 in favour of the new Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill. The Bill will extend the legal form of marriage to lesbian, gay and bisexual people and permit religious denominations to celebrate such marriages should they wish.
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Britain’s Best Groomed Man
The Bluebeards Revenge and leading male cancer charity Orchid shortlist 30 men for the coveted title of ‘Britain’s Best Groomed Man’
Thousands applied for this coveted title but, after much deliberation, these handsome and masculine suitors were shortlisted to the final thirty candidates in Britain’s biggest ever manhunt.
Amongst this collection of ultra-cool dapper gents, their strides managing directors, a professional cage fighter, actors, restaurant owners, a professional rugby coach and even a scientist, showcasing the entire spectrum of manliness and style in Britain in 2013.
However, they can do no more to influence this, their biggest challenge, and now it’s the British public’s turn to have their say and choose their favourite man, with the winner of the online public vote securing a once in a lifetime, one-year modelling contract to become the face of premium male grooming brand The Bluebeards Revenge.
The competition is being organised by men’s cancer charity Orchid and The Bluebeards Revenge.
Nick Gibbens, spokesperson for The Bluebeards Revenge, said: “Our search is finally complete, and it’s now over to you, the Great British public, to crown Britain’s best groomed man. But it’s not going to be an easy task, as each finalist has the sharp dress sense of Daniel Craig, the stylish locks of David Beckham, the masculine skin tone of Gerard Butler, the chiselled jawline of Jason Statham, and the overall manliness of Ray Winstone.
“But one lucky guy will be crowned the new face of our eye-catching brand. They will take part in a stylish photo shoot, before going on to star in an online TV commercial and a print media marketing campaign.”
The best groomed man competition was launched after a recent survey commissioned by Orchid and The Bluebeards Revenge revealed that whilst men are spending more time in the bathroom and the ‘grooming gender gap’ is narrowing, they are still failing to self-check for cancer unlike their female counterparts who benefit from major health campaigns.
They are looking to use this national competition as way of not only promoting good shaving, but also to encourage men to self-check for cancer during their daily grooming routine.
Rebecca Porta, Chief Executive of Orchid, said: “Regular grooming not only makes you look and feel more confident, it gives you an opportunity to take an active interest in your physical wellbeing. The bathroom is the prime place for men to check for signs of male cancer.
“Our research shows that three quarters of UK men recognise that a lump in the testes could be a sign of testicular cancer – but 25% still never check their testes. Checking testes takes less than five minutes and is a vital first step in the battle against testicular cancer. If caught early enough there is a 98% chance of survival.”
You can vote for your favourite hunk online by visitingwww.bluebeards-revenge.co.uk/bgvote/. The deadline for voting is Friday March 8th 2013.
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COMMENT | The Noisy Silence Of A Political
Last week we sent an open letter to our local MP David Burrows asking him to vote in favour of same-sex marriage. In return, we received… nothing.
Not a peep. We can only assume our local MP has been far too busy to give much thought to the subject of same-sex marriage and instead focusing his attentions on other important local issues.
Oh no wait, he’s been spending his time working the press trying to grab the headlines to push his name to some kind of political martyr status. That’s why he doesn’t have time to respond to his own constituents who are in favour of this bill. A few of David’s press outings Including comment such as;
“There’s serious unrest in the grass roots. You cannot avoid the fact that the troops are unhappy. People are drifting away.” – The Times 02/02/13
Actually, according to the YouGov poll the majority of people in the UK are actually in favour of same-sex marriage. Maybe it’s time to scarify the political lawn and remove the dead grass allowing a stronger and brighter future to grow through?
‘The Christian MP said his children have been bullied at school by classmates accusing him of being “homophobic” – Telegraph 03/02/13
‘David Burrowes, the main opponent of the Gay Marriage Bill said “I’ve had death threats, hostility and hate mail”. – the Independent 04/02/13
However, in the same voice he’s also quoted in our local paper saying;
‘The issue was not something “people are hammering us on the doorstep to do something about” – Enfield Independent 20/02/12
I’m sorry but you cannot say one minute that people aren’t bothered about same-sex marriage and then also say you’re getting death threats and your kids are being subjected to equal opportunity playground taunting.
I never condone the stupidity of people who put pen to paper to write death threats and understand kids will always say it like they see it, however it all sounds to me like someone is quite happy to have their name splashed in the papers whatever the heading. A little like the Jordan and Peter saga, will they, won’t they, ‘No one’s hammered my doorstep about same-sex marriage’, ‘I’m getting death threats.’ It starts to become whiney, boring and again making it all about you. It’s not about you. It’s about the people of Enfield and Southgate and the rest of the UK want to have their voice heard. Not about your personal life and person interests.
Of course, you don’t have to look far to see Mr Burrowes name on the web news pages like the BBC reporting on his parliamentary rule breaching in registering and declaring overseas trips paid for by foreign governments and then signing motions without declaring a personal interest in them. Similar is reported in the Enfield Independent that David accepts an office intern, who is sponsored by the Christian charity group CARE to the tune of £5,500, to work in his office every other year. CARE, which opposes gay marriage, also sponsored a London event in 2009 offering “healing” to gay people.
Baffling. We would have loved to have shared David’s opinion but he chose not to reply to our letter. Obviously us gays are of no financial or political interest to Mr Burrowes.
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