Louis Staples
Louis-Staples@hotmail.comThe New Struggle to Undo Reality TV’s Toxic Reputation
After ‘Love Island’ and ‘The Jeremy Kyle Show’ participant deaths, can a gentler approach maintain the TV genre's dominance?
Ten Years of 56 Dean Street, the Pioneering LGBTQ+ Health Clinic
Located in the heart of Soho, the NHS centre offers free sexual health testing and counselling services. A decade on, patients tell us why we can’t take it for granted.
We Asked Gen-Z Kids: Is PE Still the Most Hellish Class at School?
There's a reason so many of us regularly "forgot our kit". But has anything changed?
How ‘Best of British’ Food Became a Marketing Ploy – Then a Political Act
In the wake of Brexit, the trend for locally sourced food – or the idea that British produce is inherently superior – has coincided with a rise in xenophobic attitudes.
How British Schools Fell for American-Style Proms
A Welsh school's appeal for donated dresses has highlighted the issue of prom’s affordability at a time when UK child poverty rates reach record highs.
Straight Men Quite Simply Can’t Quit the Barbour Jacket
An explainer on "Heterosexual Male Fashion", with a bonus sociology professor perspective.
Men Told Us How Bottoming Affects Their Eating Habits
“My boyfriend went out of the country for two weeks. My first thought was, ‘Finally, I can eat mushy peas!’”
Why Good Actors End Up in Terrible Films
We spoke to people working in the industry to answer the most important question of modern cinema.
How Diet Coke Helped Me Embrace My Gay Identity
My love of Diet Coke has as much to do with identity—in my case, expressing femininity and rejecting heterosexual norms—as it does taste or health.
Grindr Users Talk Highs and Lows After 10 Years of the App
We asked a few men how the much loved and loathed app has changed gay life for better and worse.
How These 10 Tory MPs Would Do On 'The Apprentice'
Forget reality, this is the important Conservative leadership challenge.
We Spoke to the 'Cock Destroyer', the Porn Star Who's Become a Gay Icon
"I think everyone has an inner cock destroyer in them."