2026
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Queerguru’s Peter Herbert reviews the highly anticipated ELSINORE that exceeds all expectations
The 70th London Film Festival opened on 7/10/26 with the gala premiere of Elsinore, a sensitive film starring actor Andrew Scott. The film tells a little-known story about the final years of Scottish actor Ian Charleson as he confronted his mortality during a production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet at the National Theatre. The film is an engaging triumph for…
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BROKEN ENGLISH ; a very loving tribute to the exceptionally talented MARRIANE FAITHFULL
One annoying aspect of arguing is the constant boast that things were better ‘way back when’. In most cases, that simply isn’t true, and our fading memories are too often misleading, bathed in technicolor. However, in this one case, we can categorically say the ‘original’ was the very best. We are talking about Marianne Faithfull,…
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Cassie Workman is WITCHY AF
To my knowledge, this is a virginal first for Queerguru. It’s the first time we have (knowingly) interviewed a WITCH. And not just any witch, as CASSIE WORKMAN is an Australian Transgender one! She is eccentric and wildly funny, with her own show that streams weekly on YouTube (yes, it’s free). She is a breath…
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Tim Walker’s Fairyland: Love and Legends : an exploration of queer identity, community, and love @ London’s National Portrait Gallery
When Queerguru’s Brit Editor-in-Chief, now living in the US, is asked what he misses about his old London life, he sums it up in two words: the culture. Of course, there is more than its fair share across the Atlantic, but it’s the quintessentially English events that make him homesick. Earlier this week, Ris Fatah,…
