Author: Mollie Potter


  • Our Favourite Female Characters: Maeve Wiley of ‘Sex Education’

    Maeve Wiley is introduced in the Netflix original show ‘Sex Education’ with a, let’s say, interesting nickname. She is portrayed as a ‘bad girl’, with blonde hair with pink dip-dyed ends, a nose ring and a tendency to wear fishnet tights. She immediately shuts down snide comments from her classmates with sharp-tongued sarcasm and keeps […]

  • Queer Music Legends: George Michael

    To mark Pride Month, Mollie Potter highlights George Michael as a queer music legend.

  • Classic Summer Tunes: Duran Duran – Rio (1982)

    Mollie Potter shows why Duran Duran’s classic ‘Rio’ is her favourite summer anthem.

  • Our Favourite Female Characters: Lara Croft

    Lara Croft has been criticised, especially in her earlier iterations, for being overly sexualised, having unrealistic body proportions, and catering solely to the male gaze, whilst prominently being known as a video game sex symbol. While, in the first few ‘Tomb Raider’ games especially, a lot of this criticism is valid, it is easy to […]

  • The Edge’s Favourite All-Female Bands/Groups

    We discuss our favourite all-female music groups and bands, from 1960s Motown to 2020s K-Pop!

  • ‘I feel like I can hear that I sound more sure of myself and less afraid’: An Interview with Mae Muller

    Mollie Potter chats to Mae Muller about her debut album, Sorry I’m Late, Eurovision, and showing a more vulnerable side of herself.

  • Blur – ‘The Narcissist’ single review: a gem that combines the very best of their career

    Mollie Potter is very happy with the return of Britpop legends Blur!

  • Nostalgic News: Duran Duran’s ‘Come Undone’ at Thirty

    Duran Duran’s fame was waning in the 1990s. They hit the very height of their fame in the mid-1980s, when they performed at Live Aid, composed the titular theme tune for the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill (which also went to number one in the US Charts), and split into two […]

  • Nostalgic News: Lorde’s ‘The Love Club’ Turns Ten!

    Records editor Mollie Potter looks back on Lorde’s ‘The Love Club’ a decade after its release.

  • Where Are 80s Artists Today?

    Our fave 80s legends are still producing great hits!

  • The Clash of the New Romantics: Duran Duran vs Spandau Ballet

    Mollie examines the careers of the two biggest 80s bands.

  • Our Favourite Eighties Songs

    The 80s has the best tunes! Change our minds.

  • Mollie’s Picks: The Top 10 Eurovision Songs of All Time

    Records editor Mollie Potter takes us through her personal top ten Eurovision entries of all time!

  • Tina: The Tina Turner Musical: Review – Simply the Best!

    Records editor Mollie Potter was dancing at the encore of Tina: The Musical!