LGBTQ+ News COLUMN: Traveller’s Tales: Where will we go to this year? The world has cautiously opened up again and we can go almost anywhere including of course our closest friend, France. With all French government pronouncements there always has to be a health warning as they are quite capable of closing their frontiers at a moment’s notice without much warning. The By Roger Wheeler • 3 min read
Michael Wall R.I.P: 21.4.1975 – 8.8.2019 – Farewell my darling Back in the early part of 2004, in the bad old days of Gaydar, I was innocently surfing around when a young Irishman popped his head over the parapet and said Hi. By Roger Wheeler • 2 min read
An offer he couldn’t refuse! Don Vito Corleone’s famous quote from the Godfather followed us around Sicily. Mario Puzo the author of the book may well have been an American but he knew a lot about Sicily, its mafia the Cosa Nostra and La Camorra. You will see the technically fictitious name Corleone everywhere. By Roger Wheeler • 5 min read
Features & Longread TRAVEL FEATURE: From Manchester to ‘La Dolce Vita’ It’s 1990 in a gay bar in Canal Street Manchester, two young single guys met, with the potential of just a fleeting experience. Who ever knew what was to follow. This is how many relationships start; Bob and Ian liked each other – quite a lot. They got together and within a short space of time they By Roger Wheeler • 4 min read
In The South TRAVEL FEATURE: Mallorca – a secret place? Millions of people, Brits included, visit Mallorca every year with most heading straight for the famous beach resorts of Cala Figuera, Illetas, Palmanova, Can Pastilla, or Palma with its magnificent Gothic Cathedral, there are plenty to choose from. By Roger Wheeler • 4 min read
Features & Longread TRAVEL FEATURE: Go west, young man? Not anymore The Village People and Pet Shop Boys have been telling us to Go West for years, but today the mood in London is more Go East. Roger Wheeler and his husband Mike Go North to see what all the fuss is about. By Roger Wheeler • 4 min read
In The South TRAVEL FEATURE: Rotterdam – A Revelation Everyone has heard of and most people have visited Amsterdam at least once and loves its beautiful architecture, canals and wonderful life style. I used to live there and while I had visited most of the major centres in the Netherlands, I had never been to Rotterdam By Roger Wheeler • 4 min read
Sifnos In The South TRAVEL: The Sea Gypsies of Sifnos We thought that we knew all about the Greek Islands of the Cyclades, having visited Mykonos, Paros, Ios, Santorini, Milos and yes we were told that they are all different, but after a while they do tend to look somewhat similar. By Roger Wheeler • 4 min read
In The South Milos – just another Greek island? The name Cyclades refers to islands forming a circle around the sacred island of Delos and according to Greek mythology, Poseidon, God of the sea, furious at the Cyclades nymphs, turned them into islands. Possibly the most famous of this group is Mykonos but there are about 20 others that are rarely By Roger Wheeler • 4 min read
In The South TRAVEL: Santorini – 2 Islands for the price of one Santorini, a mythical name with associations of Atlantis and ancient Greek legends, is the rim of a dormant volcano which blew up roughly 3,500 years ago, causing the entire centre of the island to sink into the sea. By Roger Wheeler • 4 min read
Features & Longread TRAVEL: The Basque Country – another country South west France and north east Spain is the Basque Country where they speak an ancient and incomprehensible language, eat different food and have a different attitude to life. By Roger Wheeler • 4 min read
In The South A large glass of Bordeaux with a slice of Biarritz Everyone associates Bordeaux with just wine, and yes they do produce some 700 million bottles of red wine a year, which English wine snobs call claret. But what of the actual place, being quite fond of a glass or two we thought it may be worth a visit, it was. By Roger Wheeler • 4 min read
