Arts REVIEW: Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune It’s about people finding ways to make the most of the time they have, and finding the power to enable themselves to change, and love being worth the risk of huge change. Throw in a ghost doggy, an impish spectral Grandad and a rather swish tearoom at the end of existence and this is an uplifting, By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain the narrative is suffused with joy, skipping around with an inventiveness that carries the plot along. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: ‘In the Dream House’ by Carmen Maria Machado The book is astounding, but with its clarion call of authentic experience it shows us the author not only growing stronger in a world determined to undermine and destroy, but learning, navigating and finally breaking free to document, share and convince. Machado redefines what a memoir can be and gi By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Brightonians by Darren Kay It’s a fun read, with a narrative momentum which whisks you along like the Volks railway, although unlike that ancient locomotive this book takes you somewhere interesting, a rather fabulous fantastical Brighton, not quite the same, but oddly familiar. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Bright Poems for Dark Days by Julie Sutherland Sutherland has amassed an eclectic group of poets here, from uber modern like Carol Ann Duffy & Maya Angelou to weathered classics from John Donne & Emily Dickinson, the range is impressive. Some fun, frivolous and fancy, others profound & pertinent. It touches the spot. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Deep Sniff by Adam Zmith The book takes us on a radical journey, pushing at boundaries, lube’d up by our relationship with poppers, stretching us open, filling us with thick gorgeous fat facts, celebrating our filthy minds, erotic bodies, and gorgeous unstoppable need for pleasure. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Perfume Thief by Timothy Schaffert At its heart it’s a love story, a passionate scream for intimacy in the face of barbaric hate and a rather thrilling romp thought the demimonde world of the Parisian underground Queer resistance . Fabulous escapism in more ways than one. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts Tales of Armistead Maupin Armistead Maupin found fame in the 1970s as the author of Tales of the City. By Alex Klineberg • 6 min read
Books Sassy Planet: The brand new gay travel guide “Sassy Planet: A Queer Guide to 40 Cities, Big and Small” is out now. By Alex Klineberg • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Children of the Sun Max Schaefer An explicit exploration of 1980s south London gay neo Nazi’s mixed in with the head-spinning occult narratives and gay narrators and the authors rather charming seriously precise documenting of Skin Head fashions. A heady brew. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts Rebels with a Cause Jaq Bayles visits the stunning Rebel Dykes Art & Archive Show, and looks back at the Lesbian Avengers as their famous handbook is re-released with bonus content. Rebel Dykes, Lesbian Avengers – the activists from the ‘80s and ‘90s with major attitude are back. The fact that an important new art show By Jaq Bayles • 6 min read
Photo: Simon Web Books New guide to “revolutionise LGBTQ+ teaching in schools” Pop’n’Olly has published a first-of-its-kind book to help introduce primary school children to topics such as identity, allyship and pride. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
