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EDMUND BAGNELL : He Plays the Violin (and so much more …)

His Solo Show may be called ‘He Plays The Violin’ but talented musician/Broadway performer and a member of Well-Strung the Singing Swing Quartet Edmund Bagnell does so much more than that. ” He’s appearing weekly at PTowns Crown & Anchor and he stopped by QUEERGURU to talk about how happy he is with life on and … Continue reading

Edmund Bagnell is going to be performing his new music ONLY YOU this summer … we cannot wait (even if we are not THE you!)

Queerguru’s fav violinist/singer EDMUND BAGNELL has just sent us his latest video : he told us it was ‘Only You’ which we mistakenly thought was a personal message! (Well we did spend one summer in Ptown with only a wall between us…) It’s Edmund’s classical take on Boifab Yak’s version …. and its the … Continue reading

Effie Gray

The failed marriage of John Ruskin one of England’s celebrated Art Critic was one of biggest sex scandals of the Victorian era. Although in this instance the public embarrassment was for a change actually about the lack of sex! Effie Gray his very young virgin bride took the unprecedented step of suing her husband for … Continue reading

Eileen Gray : a queer Irish iconic architect and designer

Eileen Gray was one of the greatest Irish architects and furniture designers ever, and also a pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture. Her most famous work is the house known as E-1027 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France. She was also queer. Early on Gray used luxurious materials like exotic woods, ivory and furs. In the mid-1920s, her pieces … Continue reading

El Angel

In Luis Ortega’ s dramatized intriguing take on the Argentinian real-life convicted murderer, rapist, kidnapper and thief Carlos Robledo Puch he uses all the unwarranted violence to glorify the teenage killer. In the movie Carlitos, (Lorenzo Ferro) as he is called, is a baby-faced curly-haired pretty high school-student who has already become something of … Continue reading