Harrison Brocklehurst

Pop Culture Editor

Harrison Brocklehurst
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Manchester
Expertise

Trash, Gaming, Trends, Opinion, Love Island, MAFS, Guides, Agenda, Pride, News, Do Better Campaign, You Matter Campaign

  • Harrison published a book in 2022, Would You Rather: The Very Adult Edition. It's the best and silliest thing he's ever done
  • Harrison's passion for pop music has seen him judge on the panel for the Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize consecutively for the last six years.
  • Harrison describes himself as a 'Sarah Michelle Gellar enthusiast', and in 2023 got to meet his lifelong idol in person. He's never recovered.

Experience

Harrison Brocklehurst joined The Tab in 2021, currently working as the Pop Culture Editor. He's also written for VICE UK, Dazed, MixMag, The Face, Big Issue and Polyester Magazine. Harrison's first book released in 2022.

Education

Harrison graduated from Liverpool John Moores University with a BA Honours in Drama. After he graduated, Harrison started working freelance as a pop culture writer before joining The Tab.

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Posts

queens who quit Drag Race

A rundown of all the queens who quit Drag Race in the middle of filming

Heidi N Closet is the latest to walk prematurely out of the Werk Room

The Sims 4 horses expansion

Um, neighthing to worry about, but a Sims 4 horses expansion pack has allegedly leaked

Giddy up, Bella Goth!

The Sims 4 Grunge Revival Kit

The Sims 4 Grunge Revival kit is here, and it’s actually a huge win for the rock chicks

All we need now is Smells Like Teen Spirit in Simlish

Love Island 2023 first episode ranking

Ranking all the Love Island 2023 cast by how iconic they were in episode one

Jess an instant icon I fear

Love Island 2023 first episode memes

Love Island’s back and we all moaned – but these 23 memes prove it’s still hilarious

‘I love bum bum’? It’s gonna be a long summer

I Kissed a Boy Love Island homophobic

I Kissed a Boy has shown once and for all that Love Island is homophobic

Ruling LGBTQ+ Islanders out as ‘logistically difficult’ isn’t going to cut it anymore

As a gay man, it’s wrong for Phillip Schofield to claim this backlash is homophobic

There are many reasons why Schofield is under fire, but his sexuality isn’t one of them

axe This Morning

This week’s proved it: The UK’s outgrown the need for insincere morning TV

Young people are sick of starting our day with fake smiles from 50 year olds

Phillip Schofield Lost Mary vape

Phillip Schofield clutching on to a Lost Mary is cursed and these tweets prove it

This has done more damage for the vape community than health warnings ever could

James Arthur transformation

A look at the huge transformation James Arthur has had since he won The X Factor

He beat Jahméne 10 years ago and has been annoying us with his songs ever since

I Kissed a Boy end

Here’s when I Kissed a Boy actually all comes to an end

I’m not ready!!!

Love Island 2023 Islanders first impression

Ranking all the new Love Islanders based on literally nothing but their promo shoot vibes

Molly looks like she doesn’t have the capacity to speak with an inside voice

Yvie Oddly Drag Race

‘They f*ck with people’s lives’: Yvie Oddly has blasted Drag Race on Twitter

She claims ‘They took over a year to pay me my winnings because they conveniently kept forgetting they owed me $100k’

MAFS UK apply

MAFS UK is looking for more LGBTQ+ people on next season and you can apply right now!

Let’s get some regional queers on the telly

Ranking the cast of I Kissed a Boy by who came out the worst after THAT dinner party

Mother Gareth was an icon as per

I Kissed a Boy fight

If you’re not on Ben’s side in the I Kissed a Boy argument, you need to think again

‘There’s no meeting in the middle when it comes to intimacy’

I Kissed a Boy reunion

Omg! BBC has just confirmed an I Kissed a Boy: The Reunion is coming

Queen Dannii Minogue is back to host

Black Mirror new episodes

A full guide to all the new Black Mirror episodes before they drop on Netflix

They’re out NEXT MONTH

TikTokers free holiday

TikTokers: Find me someone who wants to watch you go on a free influencer holiday

You’d never go on a cruise if it wasn’t gifted, so get it off my FYP

The Idol reviews

‘Way, way worse than you anticipated’: The savage reviews for The Idol are here

‘Even the music is dreadful’

Um, the Rotten Tomatoes rating for The Idol is out and it’s scored a dismal nine per cent

Yikes – it’s officially the worst rated HBO series of all time

I Kissed a Boy ages

A full rundown of all the I Kissed a Boy cast ages

How the hell is Ollie 27?

I Kissed a Boy drama

A comprehensive rundown of all the chaotic I Kissed a Boy drama so far

‘Not kissing Josh and then kissing Bobski three times didn’t sit right with me’

Fortnite Spider-Verse update

The day’s come for the Fortnite Spider-Verse update – here’s what’s brand new in game

The sweet, sweet return of the webslingers

Kylie Padam memes

Kylie’s new banger Padam Padam is Twitter’s song of the year and these memes prove it

My timeline can’t stop padaming

I Kissed a Boy new arrivals

Introducing the three new gays who’ve just sashayed into the I Kissed a Boy masseria

Dan’s causing carnage already

I Kissed a Boy masseria

Since I Kissed a Boy has got everyone saying it, what the actual hell is a ‘masseria’?

If you’re feeling uncultured, you’re not alone

I Kissed a Boy London

I Kissed a Boy needs to realise it’s possible to be gay and not live in London

With half the cast London based, show’s only flaw is its failure to showcase the rest of the UK’s gay scene

I Kissed a Boy Instagrams

Inside the deeply slay Instagrams of the I Kissed a Boy cast

New lad Dan’s Insta is a bit TOO sexy I fear

Why Fortnite vaulted trios

Okay, so why the hell has trios been removed from Fortnite?

Me and the only two Fortnite friends I have are screwed

Eurovision most streamed songs 2023

From Loreen to Måneskin: The 10 most streamed Eurovision songs of all time in 2023

TikTok has changed everything this year

I Kissed a Boy

I Kissed A Boy is the drama-filled, unfiltered dating show us gays have always deserved

Groundbreaking without sacrificing Love Island levels of messiness – I love it

Taylor Swift mathematical ranking TikTok

Here’s the Taylor Swift mathematical album ranking all over your TikTok fully explained

For those who also barely passed GCSE maths

Drag Race All Stars 8 verses ranked

Ranked: Every Money, Success, Fame, Glamour verse from Drag Race All Stars 8

Mrs Kasha Davis is better than Nicki Minaj when you think about it…

Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 2 final update

Everything new added to Fortnite in today’s final update of Chapter 4 Season 2

MILES MORALES KLAXON

Chelsea Lee Art Elphaba TikTok blocked

It’s over! Chelsea Lee Art has blocked Elphaba on TikTok after latest drama

Juicier than Eastenders

Fortnite ranked mode

Okay so what actually is the newly announced Ranked mode coming to Fortnite?

I’m gonna get annihilated in this mode I fear

Fortnite update delay

Today’s Fortnite update is delayed until tomorrow at the last minute – here’s why

My impatience is killing me

Drag Race Naysha Lopez Tyra

Um, Drag Race’s Naysha Lopez and James ‘King Tyra’ Ross are having messy Twitter beef

‘Get the help you need and leave me the f*ck alone’

Best Eurovision songs

Just a load of the best Eurovision songs that altered my brain chemistry forever

WE GO CHA CHA CHA

Chelsea Lee Art Elphaba TikTok

Fights, clout and nits: Inside the strange TikTok drama of Chelsea Lee Art and Elphaba

I am all-consumingly invested

Drag Race All Stars 8 fame games

Hallelujah! All Stars 8’s Fame Games is the best new addition to Drag Race in years

Queens all get the exposure they deserve without losing the tension of eliminations

Eurovision countries aren't participating

All the niche reasons why these countries are no longer participating in Eurovision

This year has the least amount of countries competing since 2014

hard to believe TikTok

Ok so where’s the ‘It’s hard to believe I’m walking through the ruins’ TikTok sound from?

‘Because I’m not – that’s in Iraq, miles away, and f*cking dangerous’

Drag Race reunions ranked

Every RuPaul’s Drag Race reunion, ranked from the dreary to the dramatic

We should preserve season nine’s in a museum

Eurovision 2023 songs ranked

All 37 songs competing in Eurovision 2023, ranked from lame to life-changing

INSTEAD I WROTE A SONG

watched Hunger Games first time

I watched The Hunger Games franchise for the first time in 2023 and guys it’s so mid

Peeta is a burden

The Sims darkest things

Death by sex and snogging Grim Reaper: The darkest things you can do in The Sims

God only know what Sims endured on the Makin’ Magic rollercoaster