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Queerguru’s own Robert (Malcolm) reviews THE TWO ROBERTS that captures the lives + relationship of two of Britain’s greatest painters
Bobby MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun—queer, working-class, Scottish artists and lovers—lived defiantly together at a time when homosexuality was a crime. In The Two Roberts, Damian Barr reimagines their relationship from their meeting at the Glasgow School of Art in 1933 until Colquhoun’s early death in 1962 at the age of 47. Barr sees MacBryde as…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas’ reviews ‘BRAVE THE DARK’ a coming of age drama by Damian Harris
Set in 1986 at a High School, we are introduced to the protagonist Nathaniel Williams (Nicholas Hamilton). Nate or Nathan loves to run; in fact, he has been running since he was a child, and his mother told him to do so, for a different reason, though. What shows is that he studies, is an…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘Dreaming of You: The making of The Coral’, a nostalgic step back in time to the early 2000’s in North West England, highlighting the importance of male friendship.
How many close friends of the same sex do you have? For men this can be a real issue. Recent research shows that one in five men in the US and one in three men in the UK have no close friends, male or female. Women fare much better – the sisterhood is alive and…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews ‘The Fit Prince (who gets switched on in the square in the frosty castle the night before (insert public holiday here)’
The Fit Prince (who gets switched on in the square in the frosty castle the night before (insert public holiday here) **** Edinburgh Festival Fringe Yesterday I finished my visit to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with the penultimate performance of “The Fit Prince” by Awkward Productions and Kings Head Theatre. It was a high camp…
