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The Sexual Evolution: How 500 million years of sex, gender and mating shape modern relationships by Nathan H. Lents ★★★★★

The Sexual Evolution: How 500 million years of sex, gender and mating shape modern relationships by Nathan H. Lents ★★★★★

This injects a timely splash of colour into a field increasingly given to dreary black-and-white thinking. Essential reading that proves Nature has always been the ultimate advocate for diversity, and has been having a perfectly marvellous time at it.

Queer Georgians: A Hidden History of Lovers, Lawbreakers and Homemakers By Dr Anthony Delaney ★★★★★

Queer Georgians: A Hidden History of Lovers, Lawbreakers and Homemakers By Dr Anthony Delaney ★★★★★

Queer Georgians is both deeply serious scholarship and a celebration of queer resilience. It takes the mythic sheen off our ancestors while making them infinitely more precious—as recognisably queer people who loved, struggled, thrived, and endured. unmistakably queer.

A Descent into Desire: Hilda Hilst's "The Obscene Madame D"

A Descent into Desire: Hilda Hilst's "The Obscene Madame D"

For queer readers seeking literature that honors complexity of desire and the courage to live authentically, it celebrates the transformative power of refusing to be contained by others' definitions of acceptable existence

A Revolution of Hearts: Brighton Theatre Group's Magnificent Les Misérables ★★★★★

A Revolution of Hearts: Brighton Theatre Group's Magnificent Les Misérables ★★★★★

This is community theatre at its most vital and necessary—proving when hearts are this committed and talent runs this deep, magic happens.

Chaos, Curtains, and Cannibalism: Nature Theatre of Oklahoma's "No President" Tests Every Limit ★★★☆☆

Chaos, Curtains, and Cannibalism: Nature Theatre of Oklahoma's "No President" Tests Every Limit ★★★☆☆

"No President" explores competition, artistic identity, and the absurdities of show business, blending high art and low comedy with a political edge. It's work that refuses to be easily categorised or dismissed, even when it's driving you to distraction.

Spine-Tingling Spectacle: 'Ghost Stories' haunts Brighton Theatre Royal ★★★★☆

Spine-Tingling Spectacle: 'Ghost Stories' haunts Brighton Theatre Royal ★★★★☆

The disturbed perspective of the sets, subtly shifting lighting and sounds scapes all conspire to tip the audience into a state of unease; glimpses of wide eyes focus, expectant, held breathes, titialted nerve jingling.

Treasures in the Dirt: 50 LGBTQ+ Finds: From the Portable Antiquities Scheme

Treasures in the Dirt: 50 LGBTQ+ Finds: From the Portable Antiquities Scheme

I learned some genuinely fun facts alongside historical insights, but I felt that little bit more affirmed in a truth we all need to hear: we've always been here. The book is particularly important in providing readers with concrete evidence to combat the bigotry that many LGBTQ+ people face.

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