Apologies for not posting this at the end of the month, but I was having a rather lovely time in Cornwall, making a good start on March reading! But here are my top three reads from February. The first book… Read More ›
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Odd Shaped Balls, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
One of the plays I saw during my second visit to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at the end of August was Odd Shaped Balls, a new play which explores homosexuality in sport, and a rugby player’s fear of coming out. You can… Read More ›
What’s Been On My Mind This Week
1. There was a brilliant feature about classicist and historian Mary Beard in the New Yorker this week, including how she often takes on those who criticise her online by responding to their vile messages and even in some cases meeting… Read More ›
What’s Been On My Mind This Week
1. Let’s start with America this week, and a short article in the Economist on the current position of the Ku Klux Klan in the Southern states. 2. I found this feature by an Ivy League professor in the New Republic particularly interesting…. Read More ›
Spoken Word Series
Those of you who follow me on Twitter will probably already be aware of my recent coverage of the queer spoken word scene here in London. Back in May I went to the inaugural Queer’Say event, a great new series of… Read More ›
Out and About in London 