This took place in the crypt of St Pancras Church, Euston Road, London 5-23 August 2009. It involved guest artists, Conrad Mitchell, iÓON- photography, Michael Connell painted constructs, and Terence McDonald Humphrey, soundscape. I was chatting … [Read more...]
The World of Serge Diaghilev Charles Spencer Penguin ISBN 0 14 00.5155 4 This edition was published in the US in 1979. The first publication (US / UK) was in '74. The cover has an image derived from an illustration by a chap called … [Read more...]
Rude Britannia Tim Fountain W&N (Weidenfeld & Nicholson) ISBN978 0 279 85262 9 Tim Fountain's one… (um) person… show Sex Addict caused uproar in the early noughties. He writes that it upset Right and Left. He only quotes … [Read more...]
Taschen Text by Bruce Benderson ISBN 978-3-8365-1452-1 This very large – or tall – book, is not entirely user-friendly. But if you have a taste for what might be called the Higher Sissiness, you won't be too concerned. All the … [Read more...]
American Studies Mark Merlis Subtitled 'a novel', this is something of a biography in disguise. The most substantial character, Tom Slater, is based on FO Mattiessen. He was a major English (literature) scholar. He committed … [Read more...]
Brian Lacey Wordwell £20.00 The subtitle of this well-produced book (purchased in Gay's the Word) is Homosexuality in Irish History. It is a chronicle of nearly all the information one would wish for. Some of it is pretty … [Read more...]
Boys In The City Paul Reitz Bruno Gmünder ISBN 978-3-86787-139-6 The Introduction (by Alek and Steph, alekandsteph.com) promises "uncompromising male beauty… from every corner of the world". This male beauty is set in the … [Read more...]
SHARE YOUR STORY Gay and Lesbian Experiences of Church Edited by the Revd Mervyn Kingston Publisher[s]: Changing Attitude Ireland & Church of Ireland Chaplaincy, TCD (Trinity College, Dublin) The various experiences of … [Read more...]
THREADS Jayne Threads © 2008 This wee book has 87 pages of text, and vii - meaning seven - of twiddly bits, Intro., Special Thanks, and Foreword by an Important Person I haven't heard of. It is a series of small essays - short … [Read more...]
The London Gay Symphony Orchestra in 2009 The LGSO (London Gay Symphony Orchestra)'s Spring Concert, St John's Church Waterloo Road, Sunday 26.04.09. St John's, built on the fortress principle, was stifling. The first item was the Overture … [Read more...]