Pride Month 2024: In Conversation with Kathy Murillo
To celebrate Pride Month 2024, I invited artist Kathy Murillo to hold her exhibition Queer Figures at the Tavistock Centre in London. The artworks mixed the playful with the profound, using a variety of forms, colours and patterns. Some of the titles made a delightful use of wordplay (DiverCity, E‑Queer-Lity) to twist familiar words and […]
Christopher Isherwood – A Meeting by the River
Isherwood’s final novel may not be his most popular, but is well in line with his other works. Part epistolary, part diary fiction centred around sexuality, but this time with religion also thrown in the mix. The titular meeting is between two British brothers in a monastery somewhere between Calcutta and the banks of the Ganges. […]
Tirana, Albania: Quirky Street Art and Non-Existent Gay Scene
Researching Albania, you will repeatedly come across phrases like “underrated destination”, “undiscovered beauty”, or even “Europe’s unpolished diamond”. Sun-craving holidaymakers will love how warm it is, with daytime temperatures staying above 20 °C (68 °F) well into November. Visitors from places like North America and Western Europe will find it very affordable. The non-touristy, local […]