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  • Maggie Smith never does anything ‘merely’.

    Maggie Smith never does anything ‘merely’.

    Back in 1987  the celebrated British playwright  Peter Shaffer followed up the enormous success of his Tony Award-winning play Equus with a new play called Lettice and Lovage that he wrote especially for Maggie Smith (in her pre Dame days).  It centered around a flamboyant tour guide who loves to embellish the history behind an English country house and who…

  • Justin David: He’s Done Ever So Well For Himself

    Justin David: He’s Done Ever So Well For Himself

    As part of QUEERGURU’S quest researching the hotbed of queer East London, we came across Justin David as he was just launching his debut novel with a title we would have loved for our own memoir HE’S DONE EVER SO WELL FOR HIMSELF. A self-proclaimed working-class queer writer Justin is also a photographer, publisher and full-time teacher. He’s…

  • Kylie Minogue is 50 today and still fabulous!

    Kylie Minogue is 50 today and still fabulous!

      Happy 50th Birthday Kylie Minogue and thank you for all the great music so far …. and for what’s still to come.    

  • SUICIDE THE MUSICAL: a script clearly written with equal amounts of knowledge, understanding and love.

    SUICIDE THE MUSICAL: a script clearly written with equal amounts of knowledge, understanding and love.

    Suicide The Musical☆☆☆ The Other Palace – Studio   Mental Health Awareness Week is held in the UK from the 14-20 May (October for the USA). How fitting that Suicide The Musical should run for a couple of nights at one of Queerguru’s new favourite theatres The Other Palace – this time in the little…