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Fashion blogMilan fashion week spring/summer 2013Did Dolce & Gabbana send racist earrings down the catwalk?There's nothing cute about accessories that make light of colonial imageryDrawing inspiration from their native home of Sicily has been a long running theme for Dolce & Gabbana and their spring/summer collections have become known for vibrant, vintage-inspired prints and kitsch accessories. Last year they sent pasta and aubergine-shaped earrings down the runway, so it would only be fitting for them to match it with something equally as wacky this year. [Read More]

Drake This article is more than 11 years oldDrake finally graduates from high schoolThis article is more than 11 years oldTwenty-five-year-old rapper earns diploma after dropping out of school in his teensDrake has graduated from high school. The 25-year-old rapper has one less thing to mope about, revealing that he has finally earned a diploma after dropping out of school in his teens. "As of tonight I have graduated high school! [Read More]

6d ago14.57 ESTTNT Sports have no time left for Pep, but they’ve already chatted to De Bruyne and Bobb, so all’s good. Louise Taylor’s report is in, and here it is. Thanks for reading this MBM. Bobb completes classic comeback as Manchester City deny NewcastleRead more6d ago14.54 ESTA deflated Eddie Howe speaks to TNT. “It’s difficult … a difficult second half … we were a real threat in the game … the end of the game was really painful … we had chances … we scored two and potentially could have scored more … the quality told in the end … the substitution of De Bruyne, a world-class player … he scored one and assisted one and made the difference … we’ve just got to continue in the same vain of today … there’s not a lot wrong with our performances, we’re just not putting it together for the whole 90 minutes … today we were a top team in moments and phases but to win games you need to do it for the whole game, and we weren’t able physically today … collectively we have to stick together … we need to learn lessons from this defeat. [Read More]

Top 10sFictionKirsty Logan, winner of the Polari first book prize, picks her favourite “sensual, honest, uncomfortable, glorious sex scenes” A confession: I wanted this to be a list of literary smut. I wanted to choose the 10 hottest, most realistic, most beautifully written queer sex scenes ever published. Another confession: despite being both a massive reader and a massive gay, I struggled to find 10 such scenes. I stood for ages, staring at my overstuffed bookcases, and I realised that there was a terrible lack of queer sex. [Read More]

ComedyReviewSoho theatre, London An AI comedian cracks jokes tailored to the audience’s internet search history in this spoof corporate presentation Streaming platforms increasingly tailor content to our own, unique tastes. Imagine if a standup could do the same? That’s the promise held out by Richard Eagleton, founder and CEO of Standup Solutions and developer of KENN, the world’s first AI comedian, in this spoof corporate presentation by Conner O’Malley. This US act has cultivated a covetable reputation for his online work, and there’s much to enjoy in this parody of Silicon Valley values and tech utopianism. [Read More]

How we madeThe Human League‘Philip turned up to meet my parents fully made up, with red lipstick and high heels. My dad locked himself in the bedroom and refused to come out’ Philip Oakey, vocals, songwriterI had intended to recruit just one female backing singer but when I walked into the Crazy Daisy nightclub in Sheffield, the first thing I saw was Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley dancing. They somehow looked like a unit while being clearly different individuals. [Read More]

Coming unstuck: Rhik Samadder puts the Lékué silicone bread maker to the test. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The GuardianComing unstuck: Rhik Samadder puts the Lékué silicone bread maker to the test. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The GuardianInspect a gadgetBreadHere’s the rub: you can’t knead in this. I ended up with a bun in the oven, but what about the foreplay? The Guardian’s product and service reviews are independent and are in no way influenced by any advertiser or commercial initiative. [Read More]

Lost in showbizCelebrityNaomi Campbell behaves in a totally unpredictable way; doctors informedExciting news, everyone! Naomi Campbell has apparently had some plastic surgery to make her look like Janet Jackson in the 80s and is now going out with Madame Tussaud's waxwork of Daniel Craig! So much can happen in a weekend! Oh wait, that's not quite the story. To be honest, LiS isn't sure if this picture is of Naomi Campbell but, heck, if the showbiz section on the Daily Mail's website says so, it must be true. [Read More]

ArtA mosaic of a young man holding his erect penis has been found in a Roman toilet in Turkey. But portraying the male member is a tradition that stretches much further back in human history When excavations began at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in the 18th century, the place turned out to be full of penises. The ancient art preserved under ash from the 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius was so rich in willies that the English antiquarian Richard Payne Knight argued for the existence of an ancient fertility cult there. [Read More]

Australian filmWhite Christmas begone! Australia’s yuletide canon is expanding – and it’s full of small-time crims, dysfunctional families and sweltering summer shenanigans Do you have a favourite Australian festive flick? Share it in the commentsEarly in the new Australian film Christmess – a bittersweet drama about an alcoholic actor trying to turn his life around – one character asks a question familiar to many cinephiles: what’s the best Christmas movie? The protagonist, Steve Le Marquand’s Chris, delivers an answer familiar to anyone who has been on the internet in the past two decades: Die Hard, the damn fine, explosive Bruce Willis classic that has been igniting debate about what exactly constitutes a Christmas movie since yuletides of yore. [Read More]