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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
How to Catch a Krampus review for Evening Standard
A wonderfully macabre festive production by Ginger Johnson, featuring Lavinia Coop, for Sink the Pink at the Pleasance.
John Waters interview for the Guardian
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.
