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BEYOND CLUELESS PREMIERE AND LIVE SCORE
Very happy to announce that we will be doing our live score for 'Beyond Clueless' in Sheffield on the 10th of June at 6pm in the Crucible Theatre. It will be part of Doc/Fest, which is Britain's...
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WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT STYLE FROM TLC'S "CREEP"
TLC absolutely 100% changed my life. In addition to being gorgeous, incredible break dancers and unbelievably competent songwriters, they taught me the importance of not chasing waterfalls. They also...
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THE NEW ARCHIE BOOKS ARE REALLY, REALLY GREAT
It has been a week of comics. On Wednesday we went to the launch of The Wicked + The Divine, the new outstanding series by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie. It's packed full of their usual wit,...
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PLACES I WISH I'D GROWN UP
We don’t have much choice as to where we're born. Some people live out their teenage days beneath sunshine and blue skies, while others bide their time between holidays, surrounded by grey clouds and...
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INSPIRED BY: ROMEO + JULIET
MONTAGUES IN THE HOUSE! Sorry, this outfit really got under my skin. I tried to channel some male-teenage-angst for the photos, I wanted my face to clearly portray thoughts like, "Oh man I love a...
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WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT STYLE FROM WHITNEY HOUSTON'S "I WANNA DANCE WITH...
A lot of us still miss Whitney. I know I do. She had arguably the most beautiful voice of her generation, she had no problems churning out hit records, and she was a strong, smart, sassy babe—what a...
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LAZY OAF + GARFIELD
Last week we went to Lazy Oaf's event in London to celebrate their new range featuring possibly the most famous cartoon cat in the world, Garfield. We've been big fans of the work of Gemma Shiel (the...
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STYLE DISSECTION: CAN'T BUY ME LOVE
Can't Buy Me Love is a teen film from 1987, starring the McDreamy Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson, an actress who disappeared off the Hollywood radar in 1995 (but if you want see what she looks...
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INSPIRED BY: CARRIE BRADSHAW
OK. I tried to dress like Ms. Bradshaw. I'm not completely convinced by this outfit, I have to be honest. Although maybe that's because I was wearing it on the first day of July, and that faux fur...
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RECIPE FOR CHOCOLATE SANDWICH COOKIES
When Jeremy and I first started writing songs together back in September of good old 2009, we didn't really know what we were doing, or why, it was just fun. We'd just been on holiday, he was really...
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INSPIRED BY: 'CAN'T BUY ME LOVE'
I don't feel like I can make bold claims such as, "Jeremy looks like Patrick Dempsey's character, Ronald in Can't Buy Me Love", without taking it further (too far?) and dressing him like said character...
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BAD MACHINERY 'THE CASE OF THE TEAM SPIRIT'
John Allison, award winner and hilarious person, writer of the much-lauded online comic Bad Machinery, and well-known London Underground speech giver, wrote this book. It was actually released in...
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EMBROIDED DENIM AND WHITE CROCHET
When we played Glastonbury a couple of weekends ago I spied this Mr and Mrs Fox embroidered denim jacket by Hannah Beth Fincham in the flesh on Fearne Cotton. (I don't know her or anything, she was...
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JENNY LEWIS - JUST ONE OF THE GUYS
I'm a massive Jenny Lewis fan and there is so much to love about her new song - the lyrics for example - and even more to love about its video.1. Jenny's amazing pastel-hued stars and clouds suit and...
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SCRATCH AND SNIFF STRAWBERRY NAILS
I really liked the idea of these, nails that smell like strawberries? What's not to like? They do smell great, and they looked great...for about 5 hours. Then they started chipping. And that was...
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DEANDRI YELLOW TARTAN
Yellow. Tartan. I am wearing yellow. Tartan. Deandri are a great label based in LA, they're very small - I had to use all my US postal knowledge skills to get this delivered to me in the UK - and...
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RECIPE: SPINACH AND RICOTTA MALFATTI WITH ROSEMARY BUTTER
I first had malfatti (which roughly translates as "badly made" from the Italian) at one of my favourite restaurants in London, Bocca Di Lupo, where these little cheesy dumplings are served with brown...
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GUEST POST: JEREMY ON CARROT AND PEANUT'S WONDERWEAR
Hi! It's Jeremy here with a SURPRISE GUEST BLOG ABOUT PANTS. There's a new purveyor of men's underwear called Carrot & Peanut's Wonderwear (you wouldn't believe how long it took me to get the joke...
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INSPIRED BY: 'A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN'
It's been so many years since I first watched A League Of Their Own, but even now whenever it pops up on my Netflix suggestions I get goosebumps. Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell playing best friends!...
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THE PARLOUR AT FORTNUM AND MASON
This week Jeremy and I finally tried out The Parlour, Fortnum and Mason's ice cream cafe. It's a pastel haven of flavoured frozen cream, the trademark Fortnum pale green shade splashed over the decor....
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