Robert Swipe: A South Bank Show Retrospective... |
I'm posting a transcript of my interview with Melvyn 'Lord' Bragg on the South or those of you who missed it and/or don't have a video or hard disc recorder/BBC iPlayer - or maybe you're just ...
Posted by Robert Swipe on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:51:00 PST |
Bobs Back History... |
A lot of people have been asking if I can tell them a little bit more about myself, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to fill in some biographical detail about my early life and my...
Posted by Robert Swipe on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:37:00 PST |
Hen Night... |
"I've got you a gig", barks my agent, casually upending an espadrille to catch some stray caviar in her outstretched palm. "Sarah Michelle Geller's hen night", she continues, pausing rather aw...
Posted by Robert Swipe on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:40:00 PST |
Cross-Dressing: a Brief Cultural History... |
Bob poses for Egon Schiele, somewhere in Austria, 1917...
A question I'm often asked is, "Bob; are you really a cross dresser?" Well, there's an obvious answer to that: "Cross? I'm bloody livi...
Posted by Robert Swipe on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:32:00 PST |
Glam: The Golden Years... |
Obviously, it's not a new thing, what I'm doing here, with the Glam Icon business; in fact, as the more astute fans of the popular music form among you will already know, there were what...
Posted by Robert Swipe on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:51:00 PST |
Bobs Birthday Bash!!... |
Yes, it's come around again. 21 Tomorrow!!
So I thought as it's a rather special anniversary I'd mark the occasion by having a big birthday bash!! (Well - key to the door and all that. I...
Posted by Robert Swipe on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:24:00 PST |
Archbishop of Canterbury urges Shoe Re-think on General Synod... |
The Archbishop of Canterbury (whose real name escapes me right now....but I'm sure it'll come back to me...hang on a mo....no, it's gone...) has called on the General Synod to mo...
Posted by Robert Swipe on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:45:00 PST |
Meeting Bowie... |
He’s a bit like Concorde, actually. A lot smaller than you’d imagine. Not quite so pointy though, obviously. We meet quite by chance in HMV on Oxford Street. I’m there to claim a re...
Posted by Robert Swipe on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:37:00 PST |
The Annual Lena Zavaroni Memorial Charity Bake-off... |
Natasha Bedingfield pulls me aside at the Annual Lena Zavaroni Memorial Charity Bake-off in aid of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in the Over-50s at the local village hall. Poor thing’s worrie...
Posted by Robert Swipe on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:55:00 PST |
Jenni is a Punk!! "Know your rights", says GMTV lovely at anarchic launch of pop career |
There was surprise and no little trepidation earlier today at the launch of GMTV entertainment correspondent Jenni Falconer’s new band. The softly spoken Scot is set to outrage the nation when h...
Posted by Robert Swipe on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:14:00 PST |
