The things LGBTQ people need from our public spaces has changed. But is it even possible for new models to emerge in London in 2016?
Here’s how to reopen the Black Cap
A win/win approach to the shuttered icon: reopen it as an LGBT+ venue whose profits support its leaseholder’s wider plans
Christmas cabaret round-up for Evening Standard
Oops. This is a bit late to be of any use but, for the record, here’s a round-up of Christmas cabaret shows I did for the Evening Standard, featuring the likes of Barb Jungr, David Hoyle, Jonny Woo, Le Gateau Chocolat, Scottee, the RVT and Excess All Areas pantos, Diane Chorley, Gary Williams, Amy Grimehouse, […]
The George & Dragon is dead. Long live the Queen Adelaide!
Just weeks after yet another favourite London queer pub closes, its landlord opens an exciting ‘sequel’ just up the road
What a difference a week makes
Change doesn’t come from despair. Change comes from hope. And the listing of the Royal Vauxhall Tavern and the election of Jeremy Corbyn have given us hope.
Check out these pics from the first ever RVT Sports Day in 1982
The Royal Vauxhall Tavern charity event – home of the drag relay and handbag throw – dates back more than 30 years. See where it all began…
“Take your positions for the 50m mince…” Timberlina on the joy of RVT Sports Day
The annual “uncompetitive competition” is the most vital symbol of the RVT’s longstanding community ties
As the George & Dragon closes, the BFI revives the queer past
Do you care about queer culture and identity? Thoughts on the closure of yet another venue and a night of incredible archive footage
Wayne Shires tells all about his new venue Bloc Bar
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
BFI talks on Welles’s TV work and London’s vanishing queer spaces
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
