Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAfter his mother dies twenty-something-year old struggling musician Nate has taken on her mantel and the responsibility of looking after his two self-centered sisters. When both of his siblings lives take a turn for the worse: one finds out her live-in boyfriend is cheating on her and the other discovers that the married man she … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe only one food that Nigel Slater’s mother could cook without ruining it was toast, and so consequently this was his staple diet as a young middle-class boy grooming up in Wolverhampton, a town in the British Midlands, in the 1960’s. Late at night Nigel would surreptitiously read cookery books in bed by torchlight pining for exotic … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesDespite a long and successful career veteran British actor Derren Nesbitt is hardly a household name, and you would have to possess a remarkable memory for example to remember that he played a handsome blackmailer in the groundbreaking gay classic Victim in 1961. Now 83 years old and still working, he turns in a … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIf you only had 6 weeks to live, what would you do? If you don’t know, aren’t sure, or aren’t ready, this charmer is a terrific place to start. Jack or Jackie (Derren Nesbitt) is a 75 year old pub drag queen of the most traditional foul mouthed and boozie kind. Married for 54 years his wife’s death came … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis quintessential gritty British drama is set in a working class suburb of Newcastle where in a tower block of council flats two teenage twins are carers to their disabled mother. Living hand to mouth on welfare payments Kristen applies for a small loan to buy a few wee luxuries which means she gets a … Continue reading