Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAny new series from the UK”s august BBC Studios always deserves our attention, particularly this one snapped up by Crackle PIus a free streaming platform in the US. A LIFE IN 10 PICTURES is a six-part series that unlocks the stories of extraordinary people, whose images are known around the world, with just a handful … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIn the 1980s and 90s, as a new and apparently unstoppable disease ravaged the gay community, volunteers began to record for posterity interviews with the men infected with what would eventually be identified as the HIV virus, and with their friends. The tapes are now archived at the British Library and have never been broadcast … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesPatrick Gale’s brilliant two-part story loosely based on his own parent’s marriage of compromise is by far the best part of the BBC TV’s excellent Queer Britannia series that screened in the UK earlier this year. The Man in The Orange Shirt are beautiful tales of love across two interconnected films highlighting the very … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesTechnically Edinburgh is the Capital city of Scotland, but when it comes to having fun, then Glasgow is unquestionably the center of the country. None of the reserved airs of the ever-so-polite burghers of Edinburgh here , Glasgow is full of earthy honest humor often fueled by a pint or two, followed by a … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesYou don’t have to be British (or queer) to appreciate that 88-year-old actress Joan Collins really is a national treasure. Made a Dame by HM The Queen, she has always been the nearest thing that we Brits ever had to old-style Holywood Glamour. Her rollercoaster personal life took her through her marriages, and affairs … Continue reading