BLUE was Derek Jarman’s final film. Completed in May 1993, just months before his death, it is his testament. For 74 minutes, an unchanging screen of celestial blue is accompanied by voices that deliver a collage of fragments from Jarman’s diary, describing the gradual onset of blindness as he battles with HIV. As his … Continue reading
ORLANDO ★★★★ London Garrick Theatre Who am I? Where am I? And Who do I love? These are the three questions Orlando asks himself and then herself as they are tumbled through time, gender and geography. Hundreds of years and lovers come and go in this high-spirited helter-skelter of literary fun. And, it … Continue reading
It might not be exactly true but I have always thought it takes almost as much effort to write a short story as it does to extend the work to book-length. Even further creativity is required to come up with a collection of stories to publish. Is it more talent or just different talent? Regardless, … Continue reading
Of all of his talents and achievements, it’s as a chronicler of queer history that makes Bartlett a hero in Queerguru’s eyes. From his splendid first book Who Was That Man, which showed how the gay history of London in the 1890s affected Bartlett’s life as a gay man in London in the 1980s to his latest novel Address Book.
His passionate interest in how our past has shaped our queer present and future is such a sheer joy. So we jumped at the opportunity to talk to him about this on the eve of the publishing of Address Book by Inkandescent