You really have to be a Brit (of a certain age) to fully appreciate the significance of Jamie Barton’s rather earth-shattering performance at the Last Night of The Proms in London. The Promenade Concerts , known as The Proms, were started in 1895, when up until then concerts were only for the rich Brit … Continue reading
Celebrating nine years of cult-gay pin ups the UK’s MEAT ZINE has just released details of their 2010 Calendar which is now available to order. MEET’s raison d’etre is that they use real guys (and NEVER models) in a classic pictorial format full of stylish, un-retouched, natural photos. They also have their own regular … Continue reading
Dalston Superstore which is one of our very favorite queer spaces in London’s East End is having another fab SHOWTUNES BRUNCH . Hosted by E.Z . Street who is London’s go-to drag queen for all things jazz hands and musical theatre. MS E.Z. Street writes “AND I AM TELLING YOU, we’ll be DEFYING GRAVITY, … Continue reading
Bloolips were a theatre troupe formed in London in 1977 by Bette Bourne. They created funny, camp shows with titles such as Lust in Space, Slung Back & Strapless and Get Hur. The brochure by Paul Shaw that accompanies the exhibition, states that “The drag was known at the time as radical drag, in … Continue reading
Queerguru’s London Correspondent JONATHAN KEMP has another day job too. He is the published author of London Triptych (Myriad, 2010) which was shortlisted for the inaugural Green Carnation Prize and won the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award in 2011. His other fiction works include Twentysix (2011) and Ghosting (2015), and his nonfiction works include … Continue reading
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