1967 – seems so long ago[1] ‘Men who choose to love other men are treated not only with intolerance and contempt but prosecuted and jailed. As a result, they become vulnerable to violence, blackmail, and…
Preamble 1948: NHS formed. 1952: King George died; I was born, (prematurely, by caesarean). In December the Great Smog blanketed London with a right ‘pea souper’ for five days, killing thousands. 1954: End of food…
If it was a normal year, right now, I’d be at Women of the World Festival at the Southbank. I’ve been lucky enough to go pretty much every year since Jude Kelly started it eleven…
I was born in 1970 and grew up in Birmingham. I attended religious schools and even a religious sixth form college, whose principal sent me to talk to the priest because he thought the intense…
The 1970s was the era of the button badge. Every shade of political opinion – and apolitical social comment – found its one–line expression on a badge. The cause of Gay Liberation was no exception. I’ve no idea what happened…