Arts BOOK REVIEW: Highland Fling by Anna Larner From the breath-taking Highlands of Scotland to the buzz of a Leicester gay bar, family and friendship are tested to breaking point as the narrative pressure builds in this wonderful engaging Lesbian romance by novelist Anna Larner. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Two Gentlemen Sharing by William Corlett It’s a brilliant examination of clash, culture, class, urban and country, gay and straight, progressive and intolerant and made me laugh out loud constantly. Corlett’s humour is gentle but relentless, ravaging personal prejudices and giving us more than a few delightful revelations as the story unf By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Strangers on a Train @ THEATRE ROYAL Strangers on a Train Strangers On A Train is based on the 1950 novel by Patricia Highsmith with a heafty nod at that Oscar-Winning Alfred Hitchcock film. We begin the story as a fateful encounter takes place between two men in a carriage of a train crossing America. Guy is the successful businessma By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: 50 Queers Who Changed the World We Queers are some of the coolest folk in history. The books looks at Freddie Mercury, Virginia Woolf, Laverne Cox, Harvey Milk and Audre Lorde (and 45 others) all who have made an unforgettable impact. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Aphra Behn: A Secret Life by Janet Todd This book look at the astonishing life, work and history of Aphra Behn: 17th century dramatist, poet, novelist, political propagandist, bisexual writer, and spy. Behn, a spy, was the first professional woman writer. The most prolific dramatist of her age, innovative novelist, translator, lyrical an By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Fathomless Riches by Rev Richard Coles This book is a wonderful headlong lurch from one world to another with a candid enquiring mind in the driving seat and well worth the read. Part confession, part damnation this very modern memoir impresses. The result is one of the most unusual and readable life stories of recent times, and has the By Eric Page • 2 min read
Exhibitions REVIEW: Living with Gods exhibition @British Museum Living with gods peoples, places and worlds beyond British Museum Beliefs in spiritual beings and worlds beyond nature are characteristic of all human societies. By looking at how people believe through everyday objects of faith, this exhibition provides a perspective on what makes believing a part By Eric Page • 4 min read
Books BOOK REVIEW: Grindr Survivr by Andrew Londyn Grindr Survivr: gives some practical insight in to how to cope and flourish in the app’mosphere and also points out the behavioural change that’s underway whether we like it or not. The autor suggests we can change it. We have done it before in other situations, but we need to look at ourselves, By Eric Page • 2 min read
Books BOOK REVIEW: Cheer up Love by Susan Calman I adore her, not just for her ability to tell a difficult story with engaging hope but also to be honest enough about her pain to allow me to learn and little about being a more supportive person to depressed people in the future. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: I AM THEY @Sallis Benney Theatre The film is engaging and interesting without being preachy and using this young couple’s obvious and romantic personal experiences and relationship as the main narrative thrust allows us to keep the focus on them, and the daily struggle they face and the struggle they have to marry – something the r By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts OPERA REVIEW: Marnie @ENO Daughter. Liar. Wife. Thief. She has been running for so long, no one knows the real Marnie, least of all herself. A world premiere opera from composer Nico Muhly, with a libretto by Nicholas Wright, Marnie is based on the novel by Winston Graham although alludes to the Hitchcock film. It examines t By Eric Page • 5 min read
Books BOOK REVIEW: Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lorde Her lyrical and incisive prose takes on sexism, racism, homophobia, and class; reflecting struggle but ultimately offering messages of hope that remain ever-more trenchant today. Lorde was a Poet Laureate until her death; her poetry and prose together produced an aphoristic and incomparably quotable By Eric Page • 1 min read
