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Andrew Dickens

Andrew Dickens is freelance writer and Contributing Editor at ShortList, from where he has recently been paroled after serving a 10-year term for crimes against good taste. Twitter: @andrewdickens Instagram: @andrewdickens

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Alcohol

Why do we still think whisky is the manliest of all the drinks?

Why do we still think whisky is the manliest of all the drinks?

ShortList investigates just what it is that makes a glass full of alcoholic liquid masculine

"What will they say when they see I’ve abused the Queen?": Eddie Marsan on boxing, bad guys & quitting Twitter

"What will they say when they see I’ve abused the Queen?": Eddie Marsan on boxing, bad guys & quitting Twitter

We talk to the award winning star of 'Ray Donovan'

TV

"The costume department must hate me": Kit Harington on Ikea rugs and saying goodbye to Jon Snow

"The costume department must hate me": Kit Harington on Ikea rugs and saying goodbye to Jon Snow

The 'Game of Thrones' star talks killing and smelling

Sport

"I was fighting my demons by myself": Wilfried Zaha opens up about the flipside of fame

"I was fighting my demons by myself": Wilfried Zaha opens up about the flipside of fame

The Crystal Palace striker reveals all

Films

"There’s a misconception that I’ve come from the tortured streets": A sunny afternoon with Idris Elba

"There’s a misconception that I’ve come from the tortured streets": A sunny afternoon with Idris Elba

Stopping to smell the flowers with Hollywood’s most in-demand man

Why are our memories getting worse?

Why are our memories getting worse?

Men have worse memories than women and the decline starts in our thirties. But something is making it worse

TV

Meet Jimmi Simpson: TV's nicest weirdo

Meet Jimmi Simpson: TV's nicest weirdo

The Westworld actor is about to go big, but that’s the last thing on his mind

Food And Drink

High on spice: How British men got addicted to heat

High on spice: How British men got addicted to heat

Investigating the rebirth of the burn

Films

This is what it's really like to lose a fortune

This is what it's really like to lose a fortune

From hero to zero

Entertainment

Stephen Graham: Who's a pretty boy then?

Stephen Graham: Who's a pretty boy then?

Stephen Graham has played mob bosses, Victorian killers and psychotic racists. Now he talks beauty

TV

Rami Malek on making cyber-punk the new cool - and how we've all been pronouncing his name wrong

Rami Malek on making cyber-punk the new cool - and how we've all been pronouncing his name wrong

We caught up with the Mr Robot star ahead of his starring role in the Freddy Mercury biopic

Sport

Why does everyone hate Arsenal fans?

Why does everyone hate Arsenal fans?

A scientific investigation

Films

10-year journey: Rami Malek on 'Mr Robot', Tom Hanks, and his sex symbol status

10-year journey: Rami Malek on 'Mr Robot', Tom Hanks, and his sex symbol status

We speak to the Mr Robot star about his rise to the top

Sport

10-year journey: Anthony Joshua on how he went from Watford gym to the top of the world

10-year journey: Anthony Joshua on how he went from Watford gym to the top of the world

The world heavyweight champion talks us through his last decade

10-year journey: Jeremy Corbyn on how he went from unknown rebel to political game-changer

10-year journey: Jeremy Corbyn on how he went from unknown rebel to political game-changer

We speak to the Labour leader on the difference a decade makes

Films

Samuel L Jackson: "If Donald Trump broke into my house, I'd shoot him"

Samuel L Jackson: "If Donald Trump broke into my house, I'd shoot him"

We chat to the movie legend about hentai, yachting and killing the President

Exclusive interview: Can Jeremy Corbyn actually make you care?

Exclusive interview: Can Jeremy Corbyn actually make you care?

We ask the Labour leader why he deserves our votes next week

Food And Drink

How to boss planning a wedding as a bloke

How to boss planning a wedding as a bloke

It's a hell of a lot of work, but when you get it right it'll be the time of your life

Films

Ben Wheatley talks working with Cillian Murphy and his tips for aspiring directors

Ben Wheatley talks working with Cillian Murphy and his tips for aspiring directors

The 'Free Fire' director gets creative over some steak

We pitched Valentine's card ideas to Hallmark and it got weird

We pitched Valentine's card ideas to Hallmark and it got weird

A short, sharp lesson in love

Alcohol

We tried running a country pub and it nearly killed us

We tried running a country pub and it nearly killed us

How Andrew Dickens’s dream job became a living nightmare

Films

We asked Danny Boyle what it means to be British

We asked Danny Boyle what it means to be British

The Trainspotting director chats to us about our national identity

This man should still make you angry

This man should still make you angry

Coming to terms with the idea of President Trump? Andrew Dickens explains why you shouldn’t be

Werner Herzog talks online dating

Werner Herzog talks online dating

The legendary German filmmaker speaks to Andrew Dickens about love in the computer age

Alcohol

8 beers that'll blow your head off

8 beers that'll blow your head off

Eight high-end, high-powered brews. Forget your troubles the classy way

Food And Drink

This is what it's really like to be a Deliveroo driver

This is what it's really like to be a Deliveroo driver

Our man joins the turquoise army

The Island of the Rocket Men

The Island of the Rocket Men

In Rio de Janeiro this weekend, all eyes will be on very fast guys in green, black and gold. Andrew Dickens visits Jamaica to discover their secrets of speed

Sport

We reviewed the official Euro 2016 match day menu (so you don't have to)

We reviewed the official Euro 2016 match day menu (so you don't have to)

We drove to France and ate everything Uefa could offer

Chuka Umunna: “The EU banning prawn cocktail crisps?  Absolute b*llocks”

Chuka Umunna: “The EU banning prawn cocktail crisps?  Absolute b*llocks”

Labour MP Chuka Umunna is at pains to explain the campaign to remain (in the EU)

Films

Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe: Real nice guys

Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe: Real nice guys

The Nice Guys sees Gosling and Crowe buddyup in the Seventies. ShortList meets Hollywood’s latest, greatest double act

Sport

Why the beautiful game is dead (by an Arsenal fan)

Why the beautiful game is dead (by an Arsenal fan)

Why the beautiful game is dead (by an Arsenal fan)

Grayson Perry on the fight to be a new kind of man

Grayson Perry on the fight to be a new kind of man

We meet Grayson Perry, and his cage-fighter friends, to thrash out this modern masculinity lark

Health & Fitness

One man's struggle with depression and why more people need to open up

One man's struggle with depression and why more people need to open up

One of these men is hiding a crippling secret

Films

We Went Skiiing with Eddie 'The Eagle'

We Went Skiiing with Eddie 'The Eagle'

Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards has been immortalised in a new film. Andrew Dickens says there could be no worthier subject.

TV

Dermot O'Leary: highly driven

Dermot O'Leary: highly driven

Dermot O'Leary: highly driven

TV

Trump should be allowed to visit the UK whenever he wants (just not for the reasons he'd like)

Trump should be allowed to visit the UK whenever he wants (just not for the reasons he'd like)

Trump should be allowed to visit the UK whenever he wants (just not for the reasons he'd like)