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Happy (81st) Birthday Dame Maggie Smith CH DBE
Happy (81st) Birthday Dame Maggie Smith CH DBE who, with 6 Oscar Nominations and 2 Wins and countless other awards (don’t lets forget the 5 BAFTAS), is one of THE leading actresses of her generation, and one of our favorite gay icons of all time. From “Desdemona” with Sir Lawrence Olivier (Oscar Nomination 1965) to…
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The Drag Vegan Queen Needs Help
If you are wanting to start the New Year doing a good deed, then here is one that might just appeal to you. It certainly did to Rik Ahlberg my Provincetown based Editor & Director who is not only a dedicated vegan but has quite a penchant for Drag Queens too. He is encouraging me (to…
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The great American artist Elsworth Kelly dies
Elsworth Kelly one of the greatest American Artists of the 20th Century has just died at aged 92. He is survived by his husband of some 28 years the photographer Jack Shear. Kelly’s simplistic and highly colorful work made his work so highly accessible and here are just a few of our many favorite…
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Joseph Wilson : Drag Is My Ecstasy
A couple of months ago we stumbled upon a extraordinary and wonderfully exhilarating short movie called “Stance” about ‘drag boxing’ which was set in a Working Men’s Club in London. It literally blew our fishnets off. It was made by Joseph Wilson a 27 year-old Brit filmmaker who is one of the leading figures in the…
