The Best Ever Christmas Song? Featuring Darren Hayes, Clementine the Living Fashion Doll and the Polari team

‘Tis the season, and so I asked Polari writers, and superstars Darren Hayes and Clementine the Living Fashion Doll, to tell me what their favourite seasonal song is and why. Yes, I called it Christmas in the title. I was brought up as an atheist – which made two old women from the local church look at me with pity and sadness when they came to my door to talk about the Lord – but I like the word. So to Christmas, the Winter Solstice, Hannukah, Chrismukkah, Surfing Season … alright, I made that last one up. Anyway …

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Polari 3.0

The terrible twos are over. At last! I thought they’d never end. Polari Magazine turned 3 on December 3, 2011, and to mark this, the website has been rebuilt and reconceived. There are new sections to be explored, and old sections that have been opened up for new content. It’s the most dynamic, and the most exciting version we’ve built to date.

Polari’s home is the incredible city of London, and in 3.0 this is the starting place from which it looks out onto the world. As well as writers from the city and the British Isles, there are writers from the United States, Australia, and South Africa.

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