by Lemon Tart
So. I could pretend that when I was growing up my Dad was Bruce Forsyth and my life was a spinny whirl of ex-Eastenders stars, artistes and celebrity hairdressers. But this was not the case. Well, apart from the fact that God apparently lived in our village … Continue Reading
by Lemon Tart
Fairly randomly, I was having a gander on video production company Partizan‘s website yesterday, when I came across this little piece of film from the Gossip.
I’m pretty sure I spluttered on my Elderflower tea … Continue Reading
words by Anna Leach, pictures by Holly Falconer
You know the way that Southern charm thing is supposed to be charming? It really is. Holly, Lewis the photographic assistant and I are all looking at Beth like starstruck puppies.
Even a little subdued by a throat infection, jet lag and the test fire alarms that keep ripping through the red-walled parlour where we’re sitting, Beth Ditto is still premium charismatic. … Continue Reading
words by Anna Leach, pictures by Holly Falconer
“This,” Hannah says, waving a tattooed arm at the Grosvenor Hotel tea room – filled with old gents, milk jugs and some sloanes with Selfridges bags – “is our second home”.
Though the tattooed American punk band seem a little exciting for this Sherlock Holmes-y corner of Mayfair, there’s something in old-school London that Hannah thinks they chime with: “I think people appreciate eccentricity here,” she says. “I love London – there’s lots of weirdos”. … Continue Reading
words by Anna Leach, pictures by Holly Falconer
Nathan used to get bullied at school. Kids would heckle and victimise him for looking gay though the nerdy kid from Arkansas, famous for being the bass-player in the Gossip has always been straight. I guess his penchant for goth t-shirts, heavy-rimmed glasses and Riot Grrrl music didn’t exactly give out a macho vibe in the small-town South. … Continue Reading
review by Anna, pictures by Holly
Gossip at The Forum, London 28th Nov 09
“I really love her. I love her so much” the girl next to me in the Forum, Kentish Town said as Beth Ditto toddled off stage after forty minutes of singing, charming, chatting and kissing people. … Continue Reading
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