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

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Here’s where the guy from the ‘Me walking into work’ TikTok trend is actually from

I’m horrified this isn’t common knowledge?

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Inside the iconic and wholesome friendship between Lana Del Rey and Billie Eilish

Imagine stanning someone your whole life and then becoming besties with them?

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A comprehensive list of all the weird Mix playlists Spotify makes for you

Casually streaming my Angry Tuna Mix on the way to work

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Ranking all the hosts of the Drag Race Pit Stop, from best to Bianca Del Rio

We need Bob back and we need it now

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There ain’t no party like an S Club party, and this ranking of their 14 best bops proves it

Steps could never

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An ode to Mistress Isabelle Brooks: The old school queen making Drag Race feel fresh again

She’s simply a blessing from the Gods of reality TV

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The rumoured cast for Drag Race All Stars 8 is here, and sis? It’s a slay

I won’t know peace until Jimbo gets a crown

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Think you’re a massive fan of Drag Race? This quiz tests if you can name all 272 queens

Getting a score of 238 on this is my proudest academic achievement

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Drag Race is going back to 90 min episodes, but people online are skeptical as to why

It’s not happening for another month, when Real Friends of WeHo has ended…

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Apprentice power ranking: No winners here, this show is just a game of who loses less

Imagine being in the Dubai desert and getting told you have to make a glass of water last

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Omg, Reece left The Apprentice because he was drinking alcohol on the flight to Dubai

Lord Sugar was livid

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Inside the wild productions secrets behind the scenes in the making of Happy Valley

How they filmed the finale car scene has me shook!

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Drag Race’s Aura Mayari is having messy online drama with MonĂ©t X Change and Mistress

‘It’s just a show – and girls like Aura don’t really get how that works’

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Explained: All the controversy around Hogwarts Legacy, and why gamers are boycotting

‘You deserve every bit of criticism you get if you still support Rowling at this point’

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There’s a rumoured cast for Drag Race UK Vs the World 2 circulating and it’s PERFECT

Choriza May and Tia Kofi on the same season? Shaking!

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Okay what the hell are Elux Legend vapes, and are they actually illegal?

They’ll forever be known as highlighter vapes to me

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‘We first met when I was 17’: Inside the wholesome friendships of the Happy Valley cast

Sarah Lancashire getting all the cast and crew a goodbye candle is too cute

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All five albums by The 1975, definitively ranked from worst to best

If you lived on Tumblr in 2014 you’re not going to be happy

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Georgia called Shaq ‘Zack’ on Aftersun as she ‘can’t pronounce it’ and people are fuming

Awkward flashbacks to when she refused to say Kaz’s name on her season

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Mourn the end of Happy Valley with these 22 iconic behind the scenes cast pictures

They’re all family to me (except Neil)

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Happy Valley might be over, but these 22 memes about the finale will live on forever

‘We’ve had another bit of a tussle – I won, obviously’

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Love Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley? Here’s everything else you need to watch her in

She needs her Olivia Colman Oscar nominated era next

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Apprentice power ranking: Who thrived and who Zip Zapped their way to the bottom?

We’re living in a world where ‘Ride dirty, drive clean’ managed to win

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In defence of Babylon, the wildest film you could ever hope to see at the cinema

Everyone who hated this stupid little masterpiece hates fun

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Inside the Happy Valley theory saying creepy teacher Frances is returning for the finale

PLEASE NO

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An ode to Happy Valley’s Catherine Cawood: The best main character in British TV history

The toughest hero on telly is a middle aged woman from Yorkshire

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All the shows you need to watch if you love Happy Valley, to fill the void of it ending

Viv Deering from No Offence has huge Catherine Cawood vibes

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The Last of Us showed a gay love story to the mainstream audience who need to see it most

Queer people exist, even amidst the apocalypse

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Break your heart all over again with these 20 Bill and Frank from The Last of Us memes

I’m actually sobbing

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Only Catherine Cawood could correctly name all of these niche Happy Valley characters

Hayley Cropper popping up in season two was a fever dream

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There’s a theory the Happy Valley ending has been staring right at us on the poster

I’m shaking

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Call the ‘think of the children’ backlash over Sam Smith what it is: Bigotry and fatphobia

You don’t care about explicit music videos, you just can’t stand seeing fat queer people living their truth

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Apprentice power ranking: Nautical barometers and endless Brighton blunders

How do you make buying asparagus look that hard?

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Since he’s back on the market, take this quiz and we’ll tell you if Paul Mescal would date you

Question one: Do you own a pair of GAA shorts?

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Julia Fox did a TikTok tour of her chaotic apartment and it’s major student house vibes

‘We have a small mouse problem, but it’s only a problem depending on how you look at it’

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An ode to farmer Will: The Islander singlehandedly making winter Love Island a joy

Oh to be a sheep having its arse shaved by Will

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The definitive tier list ranking of every major character in Happy Valley

I will hate Neil with my last breath

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Ranking this year’s winter Love Islanders by how pure evil they are in the villa

Will is too pure for this earth

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A comprehensive history of ‘villain of the season’ queens on RuPaul’s Drag Race

The show would be nothing without them

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Explained: The heated drama between the Drag Race fandom and The Real Friends of WeHo

‘We worked too hard and invested too much money for a 45 minute edit’

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Cheryl made her West End debut and the reviews are in… She’s the new Meryl Streep!

Erm, she got a standing ovation!?!?

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Here’s where the ‘I’ll never forget that first day at pit’ northern TikTok sound is from

This sound can put a London posho into a coma

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Apprentice power ranking: Evil laughter from tall giraffes VS children with no hands or feet

Another impossible watch from Lord Sugar

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Kim Kardashian has purchased these 22 memes about her spending habits for $1.2 million

Hayley Cropper’s red coat? Priceless

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‘No bigger than size five’: A brief history into the foot fetishists of Love Island

‘Her tootsies were a little bit dirty so we got them nice and clean’

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Kim Kardashian doing a ‘British chav’ TikTok makeover isn’t funny or iconic, it’s classist

I don’t want to see billionaires M to the B-ing

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Gregory from The Apprentice apologises for his antiques business stocking Nazi memorabilia

‘I in no way condone this abhorrent and shameful part of history’

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Here’s how the scarily real Cordyceps fungal virus from The Last of Us actually works

Anything with the word ‘fungus’ in is pure horror