QX Magazine

A new night called Magazine.  We don’t want to blow our own trumpet (we’ve tried, can’t reach) but this is only going to be impossibly glamorous. Take it from us, we’ve seen it all. The glam celebrity guests. The glitzy press nights. The epoch-defining writing. It’s all part of the job. It is absolutely NOT Cup-a-Soups and Little Mix...

Jason Sutton is the man behind the drag stalwart and much loved scene personality Miss Jason. This week, for the first time, he speaks with Jason Reid openly about living with HIV. How and when did you find out you were HIV-positive? It was about a year and a half ago. My friend wanted to test but he was scared of doing...

Earlier this week, “news platform” and echo chamber The Huffington Post, published an article claiming that the concept of gay people being camp is dangerous and unhelpful. “This narrow, outdated stereotype is inaccurate,” wrote Rachel Moss, a white, female lifestyle blogger “Being a gay man has absolutely nothing to do with your looks or interests – sexuality is simply about...

You know what? Everyday life is fuckin’ tough! Sure, pray every frantic second to whatever god floats your boat – Quentin Crisp in pantyhose, maybe – but someday, someway, shit’s gonna hit you, big-time! So screw living in a dopey, mopey, self-anaesthestised mindset – maybe, just maybe, you should try dealing with stuff like a fully functional adult? See,...

A sumptuously beautiful film, detailing a lovingly intricate world. By Mark Hamill Controversial opinion claxon: This is perhaps the best animated film I’ve ever seen. This is coming from someone who devoured and adored all of the Studio Ghibli films. Written and directed by Makoto Shinkai of 5 Centimetres Per Second fame, this is boy meets girl body-swapping done beautifully –...

A glittering pinnacle of Soho society, Ku has graced the cobbled streets of Central London across five venues. Whether you’re stumbling into steaming Chinatown for an aromatic bite after a Saturday night at Klub, or mincing down Old Compton Street to their Frith Street branch for a gossip and an Aperol Spritz, they’re always the perfect concoction or conclusion...

The UK may be a small country, but we’re a great one, too. The country of Shakespeare, Churchill, the Beatles, Sean Connery, Harry Potter. David Beckham’s right foot. David Beckham’s left foot. David Beckham’s arse. David Beckham’s bulge. Victoria Beckham. ‘Let Your Head Go’. AND PANTOMIMES. Yeah, pantos are a distinctly proud British tradition. *stands for national anthem, accidentally spills...

Our glitzy friends over at Soho drinking haunt Ku Bar, have put down their cocktail shakers for a second, to engage in something a little more sobering. In partnership with charity Diversity Role Models, they’ve recorded a video featuring coming out stories from the staff. The aim is let people know that coming out is something we all go...

Meet the neon-haired punk princess putting up two fingers at corporate capitalism. Formidably intelligent and sparklingly imaginative, GIRLI could have been anything she wanted – she could have sat behind a desk in the City tapping away at spreadsheets and getting paid a six figure salary. But instead she decided to wear pink camoflage trousers and make bolschy, plinky punk-pop....

Joe Holyoake’s driving the pop buggy this week, and he’s got SUMMINK TO SAY. OMG, too many new releases today! Scandi salaciousness from Rebecca & Fiona, pouty party pop from Charli, and a sultry little number from our ultimate fave Duo Lingo! Dylan Jones has got THINGS TO SAY. The xx – On Hold There was a quite a long period a...