June 2011, Spindle Magazine Issue 4
“She is beauty and she is grace,
She is queen of 50 states,
She is elegance and taste,
She is Miss United States.”
Sings a doe eyed man staring in adoration, with just a smidge of jealousy, at the weeping my size Barbie, draped in a sash with her tiara firmly in place and a smile stretched from ear to ear (whether through happiness or pain because she can’t move her face anymore is unclear).
The beauty pageant is a staple of American …read more
February 2011, Spindle Magazine, Issue 3
Welcome Europe!
To Eurovision: Europe’s most celebrated tradition and all time favourite show.
The institution that first gave us ABBA, so much more than just another music competition, Sir Terry said it best when he called it an ‘Event’.
In other words, off-key singing, spectacularly hideous outfits and dance routines that would make the choreographers behind the Macarena cringe. Royal weddings and the Olympics can sod off: Europe …read more
May 2010, Spindle Magazine Issue 1
Give in to glitz and glamour and surrender yourself to the hypnotic twirl of a nipple tassel (or two). Go on… Roxy Velvet is the princess of the burlesque and she’s showing us how it’s done.
With her bombshell, Marilyn Monroe reminiscent looks, Roxy Velvet epitomises sex appeal, wooing her audiences and making pulses race with her burlesque and fetish shows and dramatic aerial performances. “I always wear make up and heels, even when I’m going to hang …read more
Amy Lavelle is a freelance journalist who writes for the likes of Grazia, Glamour, Red, The Pool, Metro, Telegraph and the Independent, among others.
Amy is represented by Amanda Preston and Hannah Schofield at LBA. Her debut novel, Definitely Fine, published by Orion Fiction, is out now. Her second novel, Home Sweet Home, came out in April 2023.
