Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterOne of Observer’s Top 10 Theatre shows of 2022, director John Haidar’s visceral retelling of HAMLET, starring Brit actor Billy Howle. Howle made his acting debut in the E4 television series Glue. and then went on to co-starred in The Sense of an Ending and the miniseries The Witness for the Prosecution . His film credits also … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIn the 1920s and 1930s of buttoned-up Britain, homosexuality was an illicit act and would remain that way until 1967 when the law changed in England and Wales. Even though gay culture was vibrant, it existed mostly underground, its community was forced to socialize with a certain degree of covertness in order to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThis Fall (autumn…) lovers of the best of queer writing will be heading to Britain’s South Coast for two fab literary events The first is WRITING OURSELVES IN as part of the 51st Annual RYE ARTS Festival 2022. This is held In the town that was home to ancestral homos Henry James and E.F,Benson there … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterOne of the first major pieces of LGBTQ+ legislation Queen Elizabeth II gave royal assent to was the Sexual Offences Act of 1967. That history-making act marked the first major crack in the UK’s long-held criminalization of same-sex sexual activity – it decriminalized gay sex in private between men aged 21 and over in … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe SouthWest England City of Bristol may not be that well-known outside of the UK but it deserves to as it straddles the beautiful River Avon steeped in prosperous maritime history. Its former city-center port is now a cultural hub, and present-day Bristol now boasts not one, but two lively ‘gay villages’. The city Pride … Continue reading
