A Triumph of Hope over Experience

A Triumph of Hope over Experience

As a gay man whose formative clubbing years were in the glamour-obsessed 80s, drag ought to be right up my (Danny La) Rue, “dear”, but it just isn’t.  Never was. Even now I can’t see the irony in tipping up to a Soho bar in colourful wig, eyeliner and...
All About Eve: Eve Ferret at Crazy Coqs

All About Eve: Eve Ferret at Crazy Coqs

Ms Ferret and I have history.  Thirty years ago, I used to organise annual compulsory-fancy-dress Christmas parties for the architectural firm I worked for, and Eve sang at most of them usually dressed in the sort of basque and suspenders outfit that, in the pre-Ivy...
In Pictures: Burger Queen 2012 Final

In Pictures: Burger Queen 2012 Final

This year’s Burger Queen was a five-week, four-heat, free-falling, too-good-to-be-true, wonderous affair. The contest championing plus-size talent across the capital and beyond was like a box of Quality Street chocs with the cheap caramels taken out: you never...
Review: Burger Queen 2012

Review: Burger Queen 2012

Put down that pot of healthy bio-yogurt and check this out: not everyone wants to be thin. Shocking, we know, but TIC columnist Scottee has never been one to adhere to society’s rules. The second year of his Burger Queen contest at the Royal Vauxhall Taven was a...