The Prodigy
Keith Flint, the iconic lead singer of The Prodigy has died aged 49. The Prodigy were formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 and are arguably the UK’s ruling dance act. …
Opinion
George Michael
George was a uniquely talented singer and songwriter. He was also a scream inducing global pin-up, cultural icon and a spliff totin’ pop queen. I still love him. I didn’t…
The Acropolis Museum
Regardless of the legal complexities and fears of ‘setting a precedent’ we should return the Parthenon marbles, says Stewart Who? When I first came to Athens in ’87, Stuart Laing…
Piers Morgan and ‘praying the gay away’
The fact that Piers Morgan is on television, let alone while people eat a fraught, austerity breakfast, is enough to incite a riot in this careworn queen. The living, huffing…
NYC Downlow
Created to highlight excellence in homocentric dance music – vintage house, disco, soul and funk – the NYC Downlow was born at Glastonbury Festival in 2007. It’s a temporary, counter-cultural,…
Bravado by Scottee
Bravado is a show by the artist Scottee. It’s a memoir of working class masculinity from 1991 to 1999. I’ve known Scottee since he was a teenager, when he hit the…
The Masculine Prison
Society expects strict behavioural patterns from both men and women, but gender isn’t strictly binary and on that sliding scale of biology and nurture exists a lesson for us all,…
Set me Free from GHB
GHB, GBL or G is an industrial solvent that’s often used as a party drug. The gays love it, it’s very unpredictable and it can kill. Despite the downsides, it…
Turnmills and Trade Wave Goodbye to The Rave
Trade spawned the move to all night clubbing in the 1990s and was the first queer after hours club in Britain. Trade’s home was Turnmills, which closed in March 2008. Turnmills…
Oh, the Horror
Hammer films, Fangoria magazine and the books of Stephen King proved a bloody education in thrills, special effects and adult themes. However, the grim reality of adult life proved more…