Recent by-election news in England has been bringing back some weird memories for me, for back in the day, I once stood in a by-election....while masquerading as a rabbit.

Some of you may remember cable TV station, L!ve TV, and the station mascot, News Bunny. For my sins, I...

A couple of weeks ago I applied for a job as a writer for an online journal. I was asked to submit some writing samples and then write 50 words about my favourite magazine. That last bit really bugged me, but hey ho. This is what I wrote.

'As for...

So if you've been conscious for the past week or two you'll have seen that Naomi Wolf's recently released book Vagina: A New Biography has been getting its fair share of column inches.

Calling it Vagina is obviously designed for maximum shock value. Cunt would have been far more...

In life, when you move out of your 30s, you assume you've reached that stage in life where you're pretty much settled in your skin. Nothing can really surprise you that much. You've decided on the friends you want. You're no longer really that bothered by what's current.
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With sessions still on-going at the Home Affairs Select Committee on Drugs, I thought I'd write a few words before they get round to publishing. Words are important. Labels are important. And it's my view that labelling drug addiction as a 'disease' is dangerous and wrong.

No-one I have...

These days, some years after my decade-long stint in the television industry, I am swiftly becoming accustomed to calling myself more of a writer and less of a television presenter.
I'm happy about that. In fact, I think my frustrated ambitions in TV-land have been the making of...

WARNING: This blog contains adult content and graphic images.

Have you ever heard of pegging?

Well, as we approach International Women's Day, I think it's high time we all found out exactly what it is.

Pegging is when a woman wears a strap-on dildo and...

Back when I was a sprightly 21 year old, I remember being sat in my bedroom at home during a visit back from college to see my parents. The radio was playing in the background and it was then that I heard the first chords plucked from the guitar of...

I am back at home in my Brixton flat at the moment doing a bit of DIY. A mate of mine, Alex, is round to help out with some tiling. He's doing an okay job - a bit slack, likes a tea break, but it's all good, and I like...

So I managed to get myself on the list to attend the press conference announcing the reunion of The Stone Roses.

It's a tricky one this because I loved this band with a vengeance and I have mixed feelings about it.

The release of their celebrated first album coincided...

At the moment I'm going through a break-up. I left The Ex (from now on, I'll call her 'E') about a month ago now, and it's all been very complicated. In past relationship breakdowns, I've been able to get up, walk away, and never look back. But this time, it's...

So I guess in my first blog I'd better say 'hello' and introduce myself a little bit.

I'm Ashley Hames and some of you may know me as the guy who presented the Sin Cities shows on Bravo. Sin Cities was a raunchy, gonzo-style documentary series about sex and...