I started working for Digital Spy as a Big Brother reporter in January 2009 and became an all-purpose Entertainment Reporter the following month. I was News Editor from 2012 to 2016. I continued to write features as a Freelance WWE Editor until May 2024.
I wrote a lot of content at DS over my nearly eight years as a full timer. Some of it was pretty good. Below are a selection of some of the more interesting interviews, reviews and features I wrote for the site. I’m adding more links as I remember them.
Some good stuff has been lost in web updates over the years. Always remember to back up your best bits locally.
Music Interviews
- Manic Street Preachers’ James Dean Bradfield: “I have no f**king Britpop regrets”
- 5 greatest ever electronic records as picked by Luke Haines: From Hot Butter to Kraftwerk
- Mansun’s Six: Paul Draper’s track-by-track breakdown on the greatest Britpop album you never heard
- The Moody Blues Justin Hayward interview: ‘I’d have done X Factor’
- Suede interview: ‘We don’t like it when bands reform’
- Karl Hyde interview: ‘Chilled-out moments between the banging tunes’
- Art Brut Eddie Argos interview: ‘Ten years? That’s classic rock!’
- Edwyn Collins interview: ‘The quest for indie world domination’
- Blondie, Ramones, Dolls: Luke Haines’s verdict on New York in the ’70s
- Pet Shop Boys interview: ‘One Direction are really good popstars’ (archive link)
Football Interviews
Movie Interviews
- Kirsten Dunst video interview: ‘Melancholia was cathartic’
- Shane Meadows on ‘Made of Stone’: ‘The Stone Roses were just like us’
TV Interviews
WWE Interviews
- WWE’s Paul Heyman charts the death, rebirth and evolution of the pro-wrestling manager
- From West Yorkshire to the WWE: Drawing your way to the squared circle
Comedy Interviews
TV Reviews
Live Music Reviews
- Ride live at the 100 Club for War Child: Tremble with a sigh
- Patrick Wolf live at The Old Vic: ‘I wrote a song to a city’
Album Reviews
- Luke Haines: ‘Rock and Roll Animals’ – Album review
- Luke Haines: ‘Outsider/In: The Collection’ – Album review
- My Bloody Valentine: ‘Isn’t Anything’, ‘Loveless’ & ‘EPs 1988-1991’
- Patrick Wolf: ‘Lupercalia’
- Patrick Wolf: ‘The Bachelor’
Single Reviews
- Patrick Wolf – The City (archive link)
Theatre Reviews
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Movie Reviews
Live Blogs
- WrestleMania 34: Live review and full show match results – plus video highlights
- ‘The X Factor’ results show Week Two: Live Blog
- ‘The X Factor’ Week Four Results Show – live blog
Other Features
- 8 reasons even non-Beatles fans should watch their new feature-length doc
- Nuthin’ but a Dre Thang: 13 essential Dr Dre classics to remind everyone why his new album is such a big deal
- Cilla Black dies at the age of 72: 12 of her best songs
- 10 things you shouldn’t do at Glastonbury Festival
- Sexist chanting at WWE events has to stop
- 18 greatest ever break-up songs: Taylor Swift to PJ & Duncan
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