An article from the March 2015 issue of Sight & Sound about the recent rise in visibility of older LGBT characters in film
Black Cap saved from redevelopment… for now
Camden Council has rejected a scheme to turn the first-floor bar and terrace of iconic LGBT pub and cabaret venue the Black Cap into flats
Guardian feature about closure of LGBT venues
A link to an article published in the Guardian on Wednesday February 4 2015 about the closure of a quarter of London’s LGBT venues, and other spaces around the UK. for reasons including the property investment boom
How can two dozen drag queens in a TV studio be so boring?
This week there was an all-drag audience on Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side. What does the fact that the show was deathly dull tell us about drag culture today?
2015 set to be year of the fightback as squatters reopen iconic 12 Bar
2014 left us reeling as independent London venues dropped like flies. But the reopening of Denmark Street’s 12 Bar heralds 2015 as the year we fight back.
Now it’s the Black Cap’s turn to face redevelopment
Camden Council plans to approve a scheme to turn the upper floors of the iconic Black Cap into flats. But will noise levels be too high for new occupants?
Not Television’s top 10 posts of 2014
A round-up of 10 favourite blog posts from Not Television’s first year, 2014, on subjects including Mat Fraser, Alternative Miss World, Leake St graffiti tunnel and the threat of luxury redevelopment
Christmas cabaret reviews for the Evening Standard
Links to three Evenings Standard reviews of cabaret shows for Christmas 2014: Mrs Hudson’s Christmas Corker, The Night Before Winterval and Meow Meow: Apocalypse Meow – Crisis is Born
Time to fight back: six ways to defend London culture from property development
London’s independent cultural spaces are dropping like flies. But we can start to fight back if we come together to inform, inspire and take action
Articles about Duckie in Sitges and Forest Fringe in the Guardian
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 […]
