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The Queen is Dead : Long Live the King
The UK has a traditional way of respectfully marking a change in the monarchy. The Queen is Dead we say, followed by Long Live the King. It came to mind after the Emmy Awards the other night. For seemingly endless years, the award for ‘Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program’ went to…
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The UK’s NHS will NOT PAY for new AIDS Drug : SHAME ON THEM
In the history of developing new drugs for the treatment of AIDS and the still-elusive cure, there has always been the issue of costs. We believe most of the reasons for the high cost are very valid. Pharmaceutical firms spend vast amounts of money discovering, testing, and securing approval for complex antiviral drugs. Plus, newer…
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Want to be strapped to a cute pilot as you jump out of a plane together?
Although Britain’s first AIDS case had been reported in The Lancet in 1981, it was the death of Terry Higgins in 1982 that brought the disease fully into public view. He was just 37. His friends used his death as a platform for further action and soon after set up Terrence Higgins Trust. Over the…
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Queerguru’s David Allen reviews “Personae by Dan & Serg.” an art exhibit in Brighton, UK
A rather special art exhibition opened a couple of days ago in an unassuming arch just east of Shelter Hall on Brighton’s seafront: Personae by Dan & Serg. Dan Flores is the artist; Sergio Rodriguez is the photographer, and together they’ve created an exhibition across both media (as well as some sculpture) that puts…
