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Bloc Bar

Wayne Shires tells all about his new venue Bloc Bar

Posted August 7, 2015 · Add Comment

Hallelujah! A new queer space opens in London! Its owner tells us the nitty-gritty, and why he’s optimistic about the city’s LGBT scene

Jo Clifford in The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven (Image Rod Penn)

Edinburgh Fringe 2015 previews for the Guardian

Posted July 29, 2015 · 1 Comment

Features previewing this year’s Fringe about: Penny Arcade’s new piece; a rise in trans representation; and DIY shows inspired by blockbuster movies

Leake St redevelopment scheme (artist's impression)

Is the writing on the wall for the Leake St graffiti tunnel?

Posted July 23, 2015 · Add Comment

There is such a thing as a place that would not be improved by the addition of shops or cafés, and the radically free, world-famous graffiti tunnel is such a place.

Image from 1968 documentary about the Royal Vauxhall Tavern

BFI talks on Welles’s TV work and London’s vanishing queer spaces

Posted July 14, 2015 · Add Comment

Some info on talks I’m giving at BFI Southbank in August 2015 about Orson Welles’s radical yet little-known TV work, and London’s vanishing queer spaces

The upper frontage of the Royal Vauxhall Tavern

Don’t let the RVT’s owners close it and blame the community!

Posted July 10, 2015 · Add Comment

The property developers who own the iconic London LGBTQ venue are trying to pin its possible closure on the campaigners fighting to save it

The Black Cap on Monday April 13 2015, the day its closure was announced

Black Cap keeps council protection despite owners’ efforts

Posted July 9, 2015 · Add Comment

Camden Council has rejected an attempt by the owners of the shuttered LGBTQ venue to overturn its protective ACV status

#WeAreTheBlackCap protest outside the Black Cap on Camden High St, April 18 2015

Black Cap’s council protection hangs in the balance

Posted July 7, 2015 · 1 Comment

The owners of the iconic LGBTQ venue ask Camden Council to remove the community status blocking its redevelopment

Orson Welles

Orson, mon amour

Posted July 1, 2015 · 1 Comment

To mark the start of the two-month BFI Welles season I co-curated, here’s my Sight & Sound cover story on some of his unknown works

Magic Mike XXL

The vital lesson Magic Mike XXL can teach cabaret performers

Posted June 30, 2015 · Add Comment

The reason burlesque, drag and cabaret performers should see Channing Tatum’s new male-stripper movie. Okay, another reason.

The squatters' flag flies outside the Black CAp

Inside the squatted Black Cap

Posted June 6, 2015 · Add Comment

An exclusive report and photos from inside the shuttered iconic LGBTQ venue the Black Cap following its occupation by squatters

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