Broad Sides

- 17.05.08

Best in show

Crufts 2008
by Lauren Cochrane

As art gets obsessed with dog shows and this year's Crufts comes out on DVD, Lauren Cochrane chooses the internet's dog show highlights…

Elegantly wasted

Rachel Friends
by Wendy Roby

Playing drunk on screen is notoriously tough, but when it works, it's genius. Have a look at the best fictional depictions of what happens when human meets alcohol and jiggles about too much…

Revolutionary women

Angela Davis
by Leonie Cooper

For every Che Guevara, Leon Trotsky and Robespierre, there's a lady equivalent who hasn't got half the history lessons, biographies and iconic T-shirts they deserve. In the spirit of 1968, we celebrate these political firebrands …

Happy birthday, My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady
by Lissa Blomley

It's 50 years to the day since Julie Andrews first trod the Broadway boards as Eliza Doolittle. There's a lot we can learn from My Fair Lady…

Carry on camping

Carry On Camping
by Helen Bownass

The brilliant Cool Camping series brings out its paperback guide to the UK's hottest pitches next week. To celebrate, Helen Bownass tells us why we should all be spreading the tent love…

Animal instincts

Animals main hamster
by Lissa Blomley

In light of recent revelations that Mark E Smith is an enemy to all squirrels, here's a short history of the complicated relationship between famous folk and their animals…

Weekly Mag Report: April 16

covers
by Jude Rogers

The weekly mag report goes prize-mad, as we dish out the "Leave Adele Alone" jabby sticks, weird beauty treatment wet flannels, and pot-kettle-black teasmades for this week's heroes and villains…

Lady-bashing songs we hate to love

kanye
by Leonie Cooper

From Kanye West to The Faces, there are some dancefloor classics that get us shaking our fists as well as our tush. And here are the main offenders…

New Music Monday: April 14

Goldfrapp
by Rebecca Nicholson

We considered renaming this Good Music Monday, what with new releases from Goldfrapp, Mariah Carey, Portishead and Alex Turner, but then the Kooks turned up. Boo…

Boxing? Clever

madonna hard candy
by Anna-Marie Fitzgerald

Madonna's taken it to the ring for her Hard Candy promotional duties, but she's not the first lady to raise her fists…

World Exclusive Björk Week continues (part 4)

bjorkmad
by Jude Rogers

It's day four of our world exclusive week of Björk interviews, and today we talk rowdy Peruvians, the madness of Shanghai and how world music changed Björk's sound for good…

Inside Q's Women In Music Special

qcover
by Jude Rogers

Should we celebrate the fact that this month's Q magazine comes with a Women In Music special? Or is the idea of lumping all the X-chromosome-owners together a travesty? …

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