Where I’ve been and of course the “Bucket List”
I swear I heard several million Black people scream through my computer monitor when Disney+ announced that it will finally stream Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella starting 12th February. It may have another official title, but the Brandy-starring remake of the classic fairytale has always been Black Cinderella to me. Releasing […]
It’s five o’clock somewhere, but the Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar soundtrack makes it feel like it’s happy hour 24-7. The music in the comedy about two Midwestern besties who venture down to Florida, only to find themselves involved in a revenge plot involving genetically modified mosquitoes, […]
There has never been a better week to be a hopeless romantic with a Netflix account. Not only do we finally have the third installment of the To All The Boys trilogy, but it’s Valentine’s Day, which means this weekend provides the perfect excuse to plan a movie night for […]
Some contraceptive pills could soon be sold in chemists without a prescription, the government has said. It is asking women to share their views on whether two progestogen-only pills – Lovima 75 microgram tablets and Hana 75 microgram tablets – should be available to buy over the counter. Both pills […]
If you’ve always been obsessed with the idea of finding your doppelgänger, the latest TikTok trend should be right up your street. It involves using the Pinterest app in an unexpected way: not for trend-spotting like normal, but to find your internet lookalike. Though the results aren’t always completely convincing, […]
Like so many of us, Charity Migwi hit a point of pandemic fatigue where it’s time for a major change. When packing your bags for a life-affirming trip to a beach in Bali is off the table, a hair transformation can make a huge difference — and Migwi’s episode of […]
Prior to the pandemic, fashion’s elite flocked to the four major fashion cities — New York, London, Paris, and Milan — twice a year to see new designer collections. A major part of those Fashion Month voyages — one in February-March and another in September-October — was street style, which, […]
A couple of years ago, because I write about books, I was asked to fill out a questionnaire for a literary website, and one of the questions I was asked was: “What is the greatest misconception about book critics and criticism?” My answer, basically, was that I didn’t know that […]
In all the conversations I’ve had with astrologers, psychics, and tarot readers, I’ve learned that the most common questions asked of them centre around love and relationships: When will I find my next partner? When should I start swiping on Hinge? Is this person the one? While nothing can truly […]
The new Netflix anthology series, Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel, takes a closer look at the 2013 disappearance of Canadian college student Elisa Lam. Unfortunately, Lam’s bizarre vanishing is not unique to Los Angeles’s most notorious hotel. The nightmarish history of the Cecil Hotel, which first opened […]
