WHAM! 40 Years Later : The Singles: Echoes From The Edge Of Heaven

  OMG it is 40 years since George Michael and Andrew Ridgely formed WHAM and burst onto the music scene.  They had a whole stream of number-one hits such as  ‘Club Tropicana’ and ‘Freedom’, and very quickly became one of the UK’s best-loved pop acts. To celebrate this musical milestone they are releasing WHAM! The Singles: … Continue reading

What A Joke : laughing on inauguration day

Trust comedians to know how to respond to the inauguration of the worst President that this country will ever have to suffer under, as a group of some of country’s brightest talents are putting on a Show.  Well, 50 in fact, in cities all across the country (and even one in the UK) and all … Continue reading

What Artists Wear

    Britsih Fashion Journalist Charlie Porter has contributed to The Times, Esquire, GQ, I-D, Fantastic Man Magazine etc etc.  Last year he wrote What Artists Wear, in which  he takes us on an invigorating, eye-opening journey through the iconic outfits worn by artists, in the studio, on stage, at work, at home, and at … Continue reading

What Bohemian Rhapsody didn’t want to show you : Freddie Mercury’s boyfriends

  The reason that so many gay men loathed the ill-conceived BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY that somehow managed to be both a box 0ffice smach and a unmitigated critical disaster, was  because of the cack handed attempt to whitewash Freddie Mercury’s personal life. The whole movie had been micro-managed by the remaining members of Queen who wanted … Continue reading

What changed for the LGBTQ+ community during the Queen’s reign?

  One of the first major pieces of LGBTQ+ legislation Queen Elizabeth II gave royal assent to was the Sexual Offences Act of 1967. That history-making act marked the first major crack in the UK’s long-held criminalization of same-sex sexual activity – it decriminalized gay sex in private between men aged 21 and over in … Continue reading

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