London
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London’s V & A Museum needs some queer help
London’s 166 year old Victoria and Albert Museum (known around the globe as the V&A) is the world’s largest museum of decorative arts and design. Currently the home of stunning Frida Kahlo Exhibit, the Museum’s extensive Fashion Department has 28000 items in its collection, including for example the largest compilation of Vivienne Westwood designs it acquired from a private collector.…
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And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of Queens : a short slice of genius playwriting from a queer master at work
And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of Queens ☆☆☆☆☆ Mr Delaney (superbly played by Luke Mullins; delicate but tense like an over wound watch) is a successful interior decorator and landlord, who transforms into Candy when he has gentlemen company in the stifling deep south of New Orleans. Tonight he has brought home Karl,…
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Paul Flynn’s GOOD AS YOU : From Prejudice to Pride: 30 Years of Gay Britain is a terrific read
In his review of 30 years of gay, pop culture, Paul Flynn begins with an auspicious moment in 1984 and the confluence of two, groundbreaking songs. “Smalltown Boy” by Bronksi Beat and “Relax” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, were released in the same year. The former was an achingly beautiful take on the pressures of…
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Remembering TOMMY NUTTER the rebel Tailor of London in the 1960’s
The writer Lance Richardson has put together an intriguing biography about Tommy Nutter, a tailor who in the 1960’s reshaped the silhouette of men’s fashion, in Savile Row the most renowned street in London for bespoke tailoring. Most of the reminiscences in the book are from Nutter’s brother David, who made his name as celebrity photographer in…
