James Besanvalle

James Besanvalle | Assistant Platform Editor

London-based assistant opinion and first-person editor passionate about social justice and trashy TV. Amnesty Media Awards judge 2025.

Email James Besanvallejames.besanvalle@metro.co.uk

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I'd never seen an episode of EastEnders but 2024 made me a superfan

Channel: EastEnders EastEnders January 31, 2025 By James Besanvalle
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I had a hair transplant a month ago - this is what it was like

Channel: Beauty Beauty February 3, 2025 By James Besanvalle
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Men - we need your help to end violence against women

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle December 9, 2024 By James Besanvalle
David Yurman Hosts Event With Shawn Mendes In Support Of The Shawn Mendes Foundation

For God's sake, just let Shawn Mendes figure out his own sexuality

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz October 29, 2024 By James Besanvalle

'I was spat on for being gay': LGBTQ+ abuse in immigration detention

Channel: UK UK October 28, 2024 By James Besanvalle

I legally changed my name to Bond, James Bond aged 49

Channel: Film Film October 5, 2024 By James Besanvalle

Why the Amalfi off-season is still a sunny spectacular — with less crowds too

Channel: Travel Travel September 5, 2024 By James Besanvalle
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This one thing made my Rhodes trip the ultimate wellness retreat — and it wasn't the spa

Channel: Travel Travel August 4, 2024 By James Besanvalle
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We disagree about whether Cocomelon is an overstimulating nightmare for kids

Channel: Families Families May 20, 2024 By James Besanvalle
My UK cabin retreat proved you can unwind without your passport

This dreamy cabin retreat is hiding in plain sight just 18 minutes from London

Channel: Travel Travel January 25, 2024 By James Besanvalle
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Holocaust survivors and Windrush: How the UK is better off for its immigration

Channel: UK UK December 16, 2023 By James Besanvalle
EDITORIAL USE ONLY Mandatory Credit: Photo by Shutterstock for Big Brother (14141510as) AJ Odudu, Will Best and Henry 'Big Brother', Show 1, UK - 08 Oct 2023

I was at the Big Brother live launch - here's what you didn't see

Channel: TV TV October 9, 2023 By James Besanvalle

I was 49 when I legally changed my name to James Bond

Channel: Film Film October 5, 2024 By James Besanvalle

From Hackney to Halkidiki: How a Greek coastal retreat recharged my burnt-out city soul

Channel: Travel Travel June 27, 2023 By James Besanvalle
The Voice - Season 21

Mae Muller's 'I Wrote A Song' is giving the Eurovision gays everything we want

Channel: TV TV March 9, 2023 By James Besanvalle
James Besanvalle with his cat Pookie

I never really understood grief until my cat died

Channel: Families Families February 21, 2023 By James Besanvalle
Sperm analysis

As sperm counts decline male fertility tests are on the rise - I tried one out

Channel: Health Health July 13, 2023 By James Besanvalle
The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion - Arrivals

Harry Styles is wrong: Hollywood needs more gay sex in film – tender or not

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz August 24, 2022 By James Besanvalle

I set up a suicide prevention charity to stop other families from suffering like us

Channel: Health Health February 3, 2022 By James Besanvalle
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If Shawn Mendes says he's not gay, he's not – it's harmful speculating on it

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz October 29, 2024 By James Besanvalle

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