The Queen is on facebook! It shows us that she wants to be famous, like the rest of us: to know how many people like her. Facebook is but one more embarrassing fracture in the perceived dignity of the monarchy – like forcing the queen to wear a sombrero at a Spring Break Cinco de [...]
Popcropolis loves Britain. In fact (you might have realised) Popcropolis is a British export, as British as Hugh Grant, or Hugh Laurie, or blackberry and apple pie. As a result, I’m sure that you’ll join this loyal British subject in being cockahoop about the forthcoming royal nuptials. Here in Britain, we are thrilled, of course, [...]
Life by Keith Richards: review From The Telegraph, 05 Nov 2010 If you can remember the Sixties, blah blah blah. Boy can Keith Richards remember the Sixties, which is great. The real miracle is that he can remember the Seventies, considering that Keith’s poison was heroin, which would surely make performing in a high-energy band [...]
Click to read about Tom Payne’s Fame in ”Dying to Live Forever” (Newsweek) Nothing seems more modern than society’s relentless obsession with reality-show stars, Hollywood tweets, and tabloid scandals. But a wildly entertaining new book by former Daily Telegraph literary editor Tom Payne suggests that our celebrity culture has rather old roots. In Fame, Payne draws provocative parallels between 21st-century stardom [...]
