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Dr Duckie’s debut

Posted May 13, 2019 · 2 Comments

A report on a talk at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern unpacking ideas from my PhD about the queer value of homemade mutant hope machines – plus some inspirational examples from the people who came.

BFI Flare 2019 round-up (and 2018 podcast)

Posted April 5, 2019 · Add Comment

Thinking about challenges and opportunities to do with personal identity, collective action and uses of the past at this year’s London LGBTQ+ Film Festival (plus a link to podcast about the 2018 fest).

Review: Queer Spaces: London, 1980s – Today at Whitechapel Gallery

Posted April 3, 2019 · Add Comment

A free exhibition powerfully combines archives, art, activism and academia to show the capacious complexities of queer living in the material world.

Sorry Angel review for Sight & Sound

Posted March 19, 2019 · Add Comment

Gay identity, queer family, laughter and grief play out in Christophe Honoré’s semi-autobiographical feature set in 1990s Paris.

Dr Duckie at the RVT

Posted March 12, 2019 · Add Comment

I’ll present my doctoral findings on the power of queer fun and homemade mutant hope machines in a free event on Saturday 11 May.

Guardian article on the return of the Dude

Posted February 4, 2019 · Add Comment

Jeff Bridges trailed the return of his character from The Big Lebowski ahead of this year’s Superbowl. It’s like Lenin said…

Coen brothers interview for Sight & Sound

Posted December 13, 2018 · Add Comment

A conversation with Joel and Ethan Coen about The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, industrial upheaval, representation in genre and the death of the squib.

Christmas cabaret round-up for the Evening Standard

Posted November 30, 2018 · Add Comment

Some of the festive cabaret fare on offer in London for 2018.

How to Catch a Krampus review for Evening Standard

Posted November 26, 2018 · Add Comment

A wonderfully macabre festive production by Ginger Johnson, featuring Lavinia Coop, for Sink the Pink at the Pleasance.

John Waters interview for the Guardian

Posted November 21, 2018 · Add Comment

An interview with the Pope of Trash about his live show, the changing world, trans issues, the Manson family and the uses and limits of humour.

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