When I look back at my teenage years, I remember being hungry. In the tangle of GCSE exam panic, awkward adolescence, angst and first love, I decided I had to take charge of my life in the only way I knew I properly could. At 16, I made the very active decision to stop eating.… Continue reading I lived with an eating disorder. TV almost never got it right – until Heartstopper | Television
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Paul Reubens remembered for his television and movie legacy as Pee-wee Herman
“Pee-wee’s Playhouse” was a jarring departure from typical television programming when it premiered in 1986. The show, centered on the antics and misadventures of Pee-wee Herman, a bow-tied man-child in a three-sizes-too-small suit, played like an acid trip spin on “Howdy Doody” and “Captain Kangaroo.” “Playhouse” was nominally intended for children, but the show was… Continue reading Paul Reubens remembered for his television and movie legacy as Pee-wee Herman