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  • Princess Margaret : The Rebel Royal

    Princess Margaret : The Rebel Royal

      Like most Brits we always had a great deal of affection for Queen Elizabeth’s younger sister Princess Margaret which started at our Protestant kindergarten (many many years ago) when we were all asked to pray for her.  Not that we understood what it meant but  we were told it was because she had decided…

  • Jonny Ward reviews ‘And The Rest Of Me Floats’ about the messiness of gender

    Jonny Ward reviews ‘And The Rest Of Me Floats’ about the messiness of gender

          And The Rest Of Me Floats  ☆☆☆ Bush Theatre The Bush Theatre is a small theatre with a huge reputation for new writing and, most notably for an LGBT audience, it is where the seminal play ‘Beautiful Thing’ by Jonathan Harvey had its world premiere back in 1993. ‘And The Rest Of…

  • Olivia Colman reigns supreme at the Oscars

    Olivia Colman reigns supreme at the Oscars

      As much as we are sad that Glenn Close went home empty handed from the Oscars last night for the seventh time, we simply could not be more thrilled that Olivia Colman won the Leading Actress Award last night. In the Queerguru Office  The Favourite was, and still is, out very favourite movie of…

  • Richard E. Grant : the best acceptance speech of the Award season?

    Richard E. Grant : the best acceptance speech of the Award season?

    Whatever happens at the Oscars tonight, it will be hard to beat the heartfelt emotional speech from Brit actor (born in Swaziland)  Richard E Grant when he won the Best Supporting Actor at the Indie Awards last night.  Grant has been nominated for every major award this season (and for the very first time) and…