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The Death of Lucy Meadows

Scottee | Posted 23.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
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Over 4000 people have signed an online petition calling for a public apology from the Daily Mail and for the Editor to sack Richard Littlejohn. I, however am indifferent if he loses his job at the Mail or not; he's a journalist and will find other avenues for his transphobic and homophobic rants

The Price of Pop Has Fizz All to Do With My Fat!

Scottee | Posted 23.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
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We, as a society need to rethink how we treat obesity - medically and socially. Each day when I leave my house I am confronted by fat phobia - be it shouted from white vans or the huff and puffs of people forced to sit next to me on public transport. I am fully aware my body repulses some of you- but I don't care

London Fashion Week - Are You Cool Enough?

Scottee | Posted 20.04.2013 | UK Style
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It's London Fashion Week - #LFW is trending on twitter, the BBC are pretending to have a clue what 'on the bias' means, everyone who's anyone is in the front row of something or other and I'm at home listening to Radio 4.

Camp (as Christmas)

Scottee | Posted 19.01.2013 | Home
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With 'Camp', my new show at London's Roundhouse, I'm trying to carve out a space where things can be fun and I can experiment without being controversial in a vulgar or grotesque sense... and it's about coming to terms with my own effeminacy and a public proclamation of the things that have shaped me.

There's No Accent in Show Businéss

Scottee | Posted 05.12.2012 | UK
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It used to be that in order to get a job on the telly or in radio you had to speak the Queen's English. Now it seems Received Pronunciation is solely reserved for Radio 4. It wasn't always this way.

How to Lose Friends, Thousands of Pounds and Alienate People - Performing at the Edinburgh Fringe

Scottee | Posted 02.10.2012 | UK Comedy
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Yesterday, 1 August, marked the launch of the 65th annual Edinburgh Fringe Festival in which 2,695 shows from 47 countries will show off in 279 make shift theatres, dodgy pubs & toilet cubicles across the city; but when you do the sums is it really worth it?

Union Jack Cushions Reduced - Nationalism Discontinued?

Scottee | Posted 12.08.2012 | UK Lifestyle
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Is the future of our flag in jeopardy? Has our flag become a logo that flogs cheap apparel during times of nationalism decided by marketing teams? If Scotland gain independence do we need to change the flag?

My Love/Hate Relationship With the Critic

Scottee | Posted 22.07.2012 | UK Entertainment
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Critics have a bit of a reputation for watching your work with what locals up here would call 'a face like a smacked arse' but when I forced her to sit in my eyeline and wear a party hat like everyone else she looked engaged and even LOL'ed - why was I staring at her during the show as if I could predict her review or manipulate her experience?