Tag: Jonathan Kemp
I Know That He Loves Me
Autoheart are a London-based indie-pop group consisting of Jody Gadsden (vocals), Simon Neilson (piano, keys and saxophone), and Barney JC (guitar, bass, keys). Not that you will see any of them on this fab new video directed by one of Queerguru’s very favorite directors Joseph Wilson. His take on the group’s new single I KNOW THAT HE LOVES…
Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures : Adam Zmith reviewed by Jonathan Kemp
Whilst not massively enamored of poppers myself – they smell of old socks and give me a headache – my housemate’s a big fan, they’re delivered in bulk. So, during the first lockdown, when we were all trying to find ways to keep entertained at home, we booked tickets for Adam Zmith’s online lecture on…
Meet the Queerguru Team : JONATHAN KEMP
Jonathan Kemp has been one of QUEERGURU’s London Based Contributing Editors for some years now. He is a disarmingly charming man of many facets, and we feel very lucky to have him as part of our Team Jonathan was born in Manchester in 1967, on the day the first Velvet Underground album came out. He…
Queerguru’s Jonathan Kemp waxes lyrically about Gothic Opera’s new production of BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE
Bluebeard’s Castle by Béla Bartok Porchester Hall, London, July 8th-10th ☆☆☆☆ In mid-March 2020 – which feels now like eons ago – I waxed lyrical about a certain dancer, Carmine de Amicis, in his role as Jokanaan in a dance-theatre adaptation of Wilde’s Salomé . Then Covid19 struck and a hurdle-track of lockdowns prevented…
Queerguru’s JONATHAN KEMP is less than impressed with BATLAVA LAKE the latest novel from Adam Mars-Jones
I’ve been a huge fan of Mars-Jones’s work since I read his first book, The Lantern Lectures, back in the mid-eighties, followed by the shared collection of HIV/AIDS stories with Edmund White, A Darker Proof; and the first novel, The Waters of Thirst. In 1983 he edited a wonderful anthology of queer fiction entitled, Mae…
