Queerguru’s Jonathan Kemp gets his hands on HOMOSTASH DIARIES 2

  Launched during the lockdown, Homostash Diaries continues with a second issue of all things moustachioed, and another set of charming photos of charming facial hair and interviews. This time around the irrepressible and irresistible Casey Spooner gives a good interview, discussing the after-effects of lockdown on his career and on his commitment to being … Continue reading

Queerguru’s JONATHAN KEMP is less than impressed with BATLAVA LAKE the latest novel from Adam Mars-Jones

I’ve been a huge fan of Mars-Jones’s work since I read his first book, The Lantern Lectures, back in the mid-eighties, followed by the shared collection of HIV/AIDS stories with Edmund White, A Darker Proof; and the first novel, The Waters of Thirst. In 1983 he edited a wonderful anthology of queer fiction entitled, Mae … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Jonathan Kemp raves about “Poly Styrene : I Am A Cliche’

  It’s impossible to overstate the importance of a documentary like this nor the significance of women like Poly Styrene. Not that there were or are many women like her. She embodies all that was good and true about punk even as she transcends the label and reconfigures every stereotype, turning them all into ironic … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Jonathan Kemp raves about the revival of Shelagh Delaney’s classic A TASTE OF HONEY

  A Taste of Honey ☆☆☆☆☆ By Shelagh Delaney Trafalgar Studios I’ve been obsessed with Shelagh Delaney since I caught the black and white 1960 film version on TV aged fourteen and became enchanted by its tatty Northern camp. There was something about seeing one’s home town depicted in dour black and white and the … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Jonathan Kemp reviews a glorious, hilarious riot called LUCY MCCORMACK: POST POPULAR

Lucy McCormick Post Popular ☆☆☆☆☆ Soho Theatre, London I didn’t see Lucy McCormick’s inaugural show, ‘Triple Threat’ but have seen her perform shorter pieces and was excited to see how her engagingly energetic and anarchic style would play out in longer form. I wasn’t disappointed. From the get-go, this high-energy show takes the audience on … Continue reading

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