Manchester
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CRIPPLE The First Broken Book : A 21st Century Parable by Nick Maynard
Nick Maynard is a queer actor/director/writer from Manchester in the UK who has just had his first book published with New Generation Publishing as part of the Pen to Print initiative, supported by Arts Council England. The story is set in his hometown in 2003, and has a queer disability storyline. The book is…
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David Hoyle & Lee Baxter : Two artists/friends in Lockdown
Veteran Brit performance artist David Hoyle who we feature as often as we can has just mounted an exhibit of his artwork with his best friend for over the past 30 years, the photographer Lee Baxter. The two have a lot in common besides living in the same postcode in the very queer-friendly city…
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Andrew Hebden reviews Spectrum : a queer anthology of Manchester’s Canal Street
Social bubbles are all the rage this week with the announcement from the UK Prime Minister that lonely, single person households can now mingle with one other without risking a visit from the coronavirus popo. Spectrum, directed by Kieron Moore, Abigail Henry and Christopher Bowles is on a similar social theme. In the gay…
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Manchester’s history of Queer Raving
For most queer men (and women) of a certain age(!) The Smiths were the definitive band of the 1980’s that started to really get the city of Manchester in the North of the UK noticed as a major force in music. In the same decade, the city also gave birth to other groundbreaking bands…
