Just a quick heads up on a couple of recent articles… I’ve written my first blog post for the Duckie website as Dr Duckie – I’ll be posting occasional pieces there reporting back on my PhD research in a more casual, less footnoted way than academic protocols allow. This first dispatch is a report on […]
Travis Mathews’s three sexy documentaries about men at home in San Francisco, Berlin and London add up to a snapshot of queer life today
Christmas is coming early! There’s so much bad news these days around queer and alternative venues facing the threat or reality of closure that it’s a bit of a thrill to be able to report a new one setting up shop – especially when it comes with a pedigree this strong. The Glory has been […]
I’ve been a bit obsessed this year with the idea of a ‘backward turn’ in LGBTQ cinema – a spike in interest in stories about the past, expressed through attention to period dramas, documentaries about historic subjects and greater screen presence for older LGBTQ people. (Here’s the Guardian piece where I set the idea out.) […]
Lately, it seems that barely a week goes by without news of one of London’s seminal underground, alternative or queer venues being closed or threatened with closure…
The London Gay Men’s Chorus, psychotherapist Susie Orbach, artist Jordan McKenzie and the Freud Museum are collaborating on Shame Chorus, a performance project that aims to use feelings of shame to creat “catharsis, community and liberation”. Interviews conducted by Orbach with members of the choir about their experiences of shame will form the basis of new songs […]
James Lindsay has confirmed that Austrian property development company Immovate “has invested in the RVT”. But Immovate, which specialises in residential and commercial renovations of historic properties, refuses to discuss its plans for one of London’s oldest and most iconic LGBTQ venues. Lindsay bought the Royal Vauxhall Tavern in 2005 in partnership with Paul Oxley. In September, Lindsay […]
Since first popping up to supplement the London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival’s shorter-than-usual 2011 edition, the Fringe! Queer Art & Film Fest has comfortably established itself as a major event in its own right, bringing an eclectic, leftfield flavour to the capital’s queer screen culture that goes way beyond showcasing new features and shorts to include DIY […]
The new owners of iconic queer performance venue the Royal Vauxhall Tavern include an Austrian property development company that specialises in luxury flat developments in areas of historic interest, according to a post on a Facebook page maintained by fans of the venue. The post, which was published last night (October 29 2014) to the Future […]
“Hello, everybody on the other side,” a voice booms. “Can you break through?” This is one of the recordings deployed in Dickie Beau’s new show Camera Lucida, which opens at the Barbican tonight (October 28 2014). It’s also a line that encapsulates something of the spirit of the piece. Camera Lucida uses Beau’s trademark technique […]
