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Creating Elton John
B Magazine, Michael Ruffles, Published on 22/11/2015
» Elton John didn’t exist, so it was necessary to create him. One of the world’s least likely superstars, he started with bad hair and dweeby glasses and evolved into a rotund middle-aged man who wrote soundtracks to Disney films. Now he’s a happily married father of two surrogate-born children.
Painting out of a corner
B Magazine, Michael Ruffles, Published on 22/03/2015
» Frame by frame, Mance Thompson ran a cloth across each of the artworks in his first international exhibition. Any trace of a fingerprint was wiped away and all 33 photographs were set in perfect alignment. It was a quiet but muggy Sunday, the sort of afternoon that brings out more mosquitoes than aficionados, but the artist’s enthusiasm was clear.
51 things you need to know about One Direction
B Magazine, Michael Ruffles, Published on 08/03/2015
» The world's biggest boy band plays in Bangkok next weekend, so it's time to brush up on your trivia.
The faceless pop star
B Magazine, Michael Ruffles, Published on 29/06/2014
» She pumped out Rihanna’s hit Diamonds in less than 20 minutes, and when the Barbadian megastar copied her demo inflection for inflection she thought it was a joke. She was shocked when David Guetta used her voice for a rave anthem that sold 3.7 million copies, but used the money to buy a fabulous fridge. She won’t go on tour for her new album, but she sang on Ellen with her back to the camera and just might do a few songs for dog charities.