Title of book: MALE ORDER: Life Stories from Boys Who Sell Sex Author: Barbara Gibson Publication date: 1995 Pages: 172 The plot: Male order is a collection of life stories from people who sell sex on the streets of London The … [Read more...]
War and the pity of wa
December 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In 'War and the pity of war' (Gdn., film&music, Fri., 23.09.11) Ian Bostridge makes two implicitly political points in his article on Britten's War Requiem. One is to the effect that Benjamin Britten's visit to Bergen-Belsen in 1945 called … [Read more...]
A Vision in Kensington
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AISLING London Irish Symphony Orchestra Seán Ó Riada (et alia) £10.00* AISLING ON … [Read more...]
MILD BOYS IN MITTELEUROPA
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Private Moments Bel Ami by Howard Roffman Bruno Gmünder ISBN 9 783867 870375 This is what used to be called a 'coffee table' book - they tend to be 'art' books or big fat books about graphics, dance, the cinema and such like. This one … [Read more...]
PALE PINK PERSONALITY CULT
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QUEER Simon Gage Lisa Richards Howard Wilmot Thunder's Mouth Press distributed by Publishing Group West ISBN 1-56025-377-0 This big chunky 'coffee table' book is authored by three Brits, and published in the US of A. That's … [Read more...]
The Fear of God in SW1
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Requiem Giuseppe Verdi London Gay Symphony Orchestra Cadogan … [Read more...]
GIFTED BY OTHERNESS?
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Disclosures (Ed.) Michael Ford DartonLongman+Todd ISBN 0-232-52561-7 This is a series of interviews with (mostly male) Gays about their relationships with each other and various Christian churches. The churches are mostly the Anglican … [Read more...]
Gay Times 250
December 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Out-take upstart March 2000 Gay Times 250 One of the positive things about this exercise in masturbatory self-reference were the articles by / about other 25 year olds. The most vigorous and up-beat being that on Mervyn Boyd from … [Read more...]
EDGE
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Jeff Mann Southern Tier Editions HARRINGTON PARK PRESS (An imprint of Howarth Press Inc.) ISBN 1 - 56023-430-X This is a collection of autobiographical essays by Jeff Mann, now a lecturer in LGBT Literature, Southern [US] literature … [Read more...]
CASEMENTALISM
December 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Out-take; upstart (January 1997) Cassells Queer Companion William Stewart Cassell This large, fat, 278 pages book, claims in a subtitle to be a Dictionary of Lesbian and Gay Life and Culture. Stewart, in his Introduction rightly backs … [Read more...]