Remembering TOMMY NUTTER the rebel Tailor of London in the 1960’s

The writer Lance Richardson has put together an intriguing biography about Tommy Nutter, a tailor who in the 1960’s  reshaped the silhouette of men’s fashion, in Savile  Row the most renowned street in London for bespoke tailoring. Most of the reminiscences in the book are from Nutter’s brother David, who made his name as  celebrity photographer in … Continue reading

Renée Fleming : You’ll Never Walk Alone

Who knew that when Renée Fleming, one of the world’s greatest opera singers, sent tingles down our spines when she sang ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ life at the Lincoln Memorial for The Obama Inaugural Celebration in 2011, she was actually auditioning too!  Turns out that some eight years later the great soprano is swapping the opera stage … Continue reading

RENT BOYS

For well over the past four decades Berlin’s Zoo Railway Station has been the main stomping ground for the city’s rent boys.  Using archive footage from 1965 this fascinating documentary from gay activist filmaker Rosa Van Praunheim paints the scene there as it has evolved until the present day.  It is a desperately sad tale … Continue reading

Rent Boys

For well over the past four decades Berlin’s Zoo Railway Station has been the main stomping ground for the city’s rent boys. Using archive footage from 1965 this fascinating documentary from gay activist filmaker Rosa Van Praunheim paints the scene there as it has evolved until the present day.  It is a desperately sad tale of … Continue reading

Reset

After his successful tenure as a Principal Dancer with the New York City Ballet and a starring role in the movie Black Swan which he also choreographed and where he met his future wife Natalie Portman, in 2014 Benjamin Millepied  was offered the position of Director of the prestigious Paris Opera Ballet.  One of the reasons … Continue reading

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