It's a rather cold Saturday afternoon in East London, and the undead are all around me. Corpses in varying states of decay, blankly shuffle across the rain soaked pavement uttering the odd moan, some disgorging a black sticky liquid from the corner of their mouths which dribbles down blood stained clothes. In the corner, three schoolgirls dressed...
I am in Starbucks surrounded by cheerleaders! Not real cheerleaders you understand, just teenage girls dressed as cheerleaders – or more correctly 'Cheerios'. These young people are 'Gleeks', fans of the television programme 'Glee', and amidst the lattes and frappachinos of a small Surrey town, they are catching up on last night's episode. "We got...
For those of us that like a fairy-tale dimension to our global fandom, then it doesn't get much more magical than being a 'Swiftie' (that's a fan of Taylor Swift to you and me). Even in the lofty context of global superstardom, 2023 has been an enchanted year for Mother (as Taylor is affectionally referred to by her fan...