Andrew Haigh’s deeply affecting, time-slipping feature centres on a middle-aged gay writer grappling with the profound consequences of grief and structural homophobia.
Observer feature on Duckie leaving the RVT
A personal piece introducing a round-up of producer, performer and punter memories of Duckie as the seminal queer club’s 27-year run at the RVT comes to a close.
Duckie is closing
Dr Duckie online – read the PhD, watch the talk
Now live: online resources from my doctoral research about Duckie and homemade mutant hope machines, including open-access PhD thesis and an hour-long talk.
Dr Duckie’s debut
A report on a talk at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern unpacking ideas from my PhD about the queer value of homemade mutant hope machines – plus some inspirational examples from the people who came.
Review: Queer Spaces: London, 1980s – Today at Whitechapel Gallery
A free exhibition powerfully combines archives, art, activism and academia to show the capacious complexities of queer living in the material world.
Talking drag on BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking
Listen in as I join Lavinia Coop, Rhys’s Pieces and host Shahidha Bari at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern to discuss drag history, politics and performance.
Christmas cabaret round-up for Evening Standard
A selection of 10 shows (plus glances at more) playing in London over the 2017 festive season.
More than half of London LGBTQ+ venues closed since 2006
A new UCL Urban Lab report, highlighting harm to the community and paths to change, wins Mayor Sadiq Khan’s support.
The police wore rubber gloves (part 3 of 3)
What a sensational 1987 raid on the RVT reveals about the limits of 1967 reform and the ongoing fight for queer equality. Part three of three.
