Happy Hour #10: Three Stories
For the last few weeks, our inbox has been flooded with questions surrounding three specific stories – all of which have made the news to some degree, but pose some questions that aren’t being answered. The answers aren’t particularly satisfying, but the reason why everyone’s asking is. So here, we take on Christian Horner’s text dump, Dan Wootton’s legal wins and Kate Middleton’s doctored photos…
Happy Hour #9: James Masterton (Chart Watch UK)
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Christmas number one market since the 1980s – and more! This year’s singles chart has been swamped for weeks with old skool Xmas classics. Why? What songs are ruling the roost? Why is Brenda Lee and Kelly Clarkson trampling all over Slade and Wizzard? Is Sam Ryder going to do over Wham! this year? We ask all these sort of hugely important questions to the UK’s foremost chart chronicler James Masterton (a fellow VIPbitch member’n’all).
Happy Hour #8: Michael Cragg
Music journalist Michael Cragg did a deep, deep dive into the decade of pop from when the Spice Girls made an appearance in 1996. From Steps to Billie to Blue to S Club and beyond, Michael talked to the bands and get them to describe what it was really like. Take a listen and put this very Popbitch era of pop into more context.
Happy Hour #7: Schofield
Comprehensively screwing up our holiday plans, the This Morning scandal has caused all sorts of stories to break – so ahead of this week’s Popbitch proper, we wanted to dig into it a bit…
Happy Hour #6: Eurovision with William Lee Adams
Ahead of Saturday’s competition, we talked with Wiwibloggs’ founder and Eurovision expert William Lee Adams about the changing nature of the contest, why the rest of Europe was having a lot more fun than we were for so long and what to look out for this year…
Happy Hour #5: The Beckham-Peltz Wedding
Popbitch’s history with two generations of Beckham laywers
Happy Hour #4: January
Prince Andrew’s Sex Bath, Britney Vigilantes and ITV Liabilities
Happy Hour #3: 2023
A brief chat between the Popbitch editors about some of the stories that bubbled under in 2022 and might boil over in 2023…
Happy Hour #2: Adam Curtis
Ahead of the release of his series Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone, Adam Curtis sits down to talk about the rise of Vladimir Putin, the collapse of communism and two drunk Russian men discussing lemurs
Happy Hour #1: Wagatha Christie
After the evidence has all been heard, we sit down with the Popbitch lawyer, Duncan Lamont, to discuss the details of the greatest celebrity court case of the decade – and are joined by one of the journalists who sat in the court reporters’ seats, Jim Waterson.