2020

  • Dame Shirley Bassey : I Owe It All to You

    Dame Shirley Bassey : I Owe It All to You

      The 83 year old Grand Dame of Pop  Shirley Bassey  has just released her latest album which is a highly emotional thank you and may be farewell to all her fans. “I Owe It All To You,”  is the first single and title track from her “grand finale” album and was written by Don…

  • World War 2 Laid Bare

    World War 2 Laid Bare

      Whilst the US is commemorating  Veterans  Day on November 11th, Europe is marking it as Armistice Day .  They are both remembering all the brave men and women who lost their lives in two World Wars fighting for peace, We’ve chosen this day to  take a look at Michael Stokes excellent  book My Buddy:…

  • Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens for World AIDS Day

    Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens for World AIDS Day

      Elegies For Angels, Punks and Raging Queens is a stunning song cycle with music by Janet Hood and lyrics and additional text by Bill Russell. The work features songs and monologues inspired by the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and Edgar Lee Masters‘ Spoon River Anthology. Each of the monologues is written from the perspective of characters who’ve died from…

  • People Like Us :a project by Holly Revell

    People Like Us :a project by Holly Revell

      People Like Us is an ongoing participatory photography project exploring AFAB (assigned female at birth) trans and non-binary identities and experience; masculinity, gender-dysphoria, gender-euphoria, the beauty and nuances of gender non-conforming bodies, visibility, rituals and individual complexities. It’s the work of celebrated Brit photographer/artist Holly Revell who has a keen eye for preserving and…