An Honest Liar

Born in 1928, when he reached the ripe old age of 17 James (The Amazing) Randi ran away from home to join the circus as he wanted to become a escape artist like The Great Houdini.  By all accounts from this engrossing new documentary on his life by filmmakers Tyler Measom & Justin Weinstein he eventually … Continue reading

An Honest Liar

Born in 1928, when he reached the ripe old age of 17 James (The Amazing) Randi ran away from home to join the circus as he wanted to become a escape artist like The Great Houdini.  By all accounts from this engrossing new documentary on his life by filmmakers Tyler Measom & Justin Weinstein he eventually achieved his goal and could … Continue reading

An Inalienable Right to Be Gay: Section 28, 20 Years On – Panel hosted by Ruby Rare

  On 18th November 2003, Section 28, which banned all UK  local authorities and schools from ‘promoting homosexuality’ for 15 years, was finally repealed.  It was another remnant of Margaret Thatcher’s rampantly homophobic reign that was such a threat to the countries’ burgeoning LGBTQ_ community. The Labour Government had first attempted to repeal the law  … Continue reading

An Inconvenient Sequel : Truth to Power.

  It is ten years on from Al Gore’s Oscar winning documentary on how climate change is irrevocably destroying our planet, and this new sequel initially gives us hope that some quarters in the world may have taken some action based on the warnings, are mostly quashed by the time the end credits role. The … Continue reading

An ‘infamous’ queer London publc toilet aka ‘cottage’ gets turned into a stylish Wine Bar

  Many Brit gay man grew up with a fascination for cottages.  Well at least the self containd puluc toilets resembling small cottages in their appearance .  Plus what we Brits also love ore double-entendres so these cottages gave birth to the word ‘cottaging’ referring to seeking anonymous sexual encounters in these public toilets.   What still … Continue reading

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