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Anne Frank Remembered

20 April 2014 Amsterdam, The Netherlands A visit to the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam is an unforgettable experience – … More

Amsterdam, Anne Frank, Anne Frank House, The Diary of a Young Girl, The Diary of Anne Frank

My Big Fat Gay Buddhist Passover

15 April 2014 London A night at an unconventional Passover Seder dinner involving Egyptian Buddhists, chicken soup and more matzo … More

Judaism, London, Passover

The Long Walk to the Altar

30 March 2014 London As same-sex marriage becomes legal in the United Kingdom, is it time for LGBT people to stop thinking … More

Gay marriage, Gayle Rubin, homophobia, Ian McKellen, Jesse Bering, Mark Simpson, Metrosexual, Sex

The Importance of Being Earnest

5 March 2014 London My latest post for the Huffington Post – a meditation on the significance of coming out, … More

coming out, homophobia, Huffington Post

Farewell, The Hoff

2 February 2014 Invercargill My tribute to Phillip Seymour Hoffman, the great American actor who died this week aged 46. … More

Boogie Nights, Capote, Happiness, Obituary, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master, The Talented Mr Ripley

We Need To Talk About Tom Daley

2 December 2013 London The media response to British sportsman Tom Daley announcing today that he was in a relationship with … More

Bisexuality, coming out, homophobia, Mark Simpson, Tom Daley

Pro Patria Mori

25 April 2013 London ANZAC Day: a celebration of New Zealand’s national identity, or a reminder of a pointless bloody … More

ANZAC Day, Gallipoli, New Zealand, Patriotism, Remembrance Day, Wilfred Owen, World War One

The Lady’s Not For Turning

9 April 2013 London Some thoughts on the life and legacy of Margaret Thatcher – the scourge of the liberal … More

Glenn Greenwald, Margaret Thatcher, Obituaries, Thatcherism, The Iron Lady

GayBros: Friends or Foes?

3 April 2013 London Gaybros, a new online gay community group for gays who like “guy stuff”, has raised eyebrows … More

Alan Downs, Alex DeLuca, coming out, GayBros, homophobia, The Velvet Rage

A Trip Down Amnesia Lane

26 January 2013 London Stephen Sondheim’s musical Merrily We Roll Along and an encore screening of Trainspotting remind me of the irresistible … More

Danny Boyle, Drugs, Edinburgh, Irvine Welsh, London, Menier Chocolate Factory, Merrily We Roll Along, Nostalgia, Steven Sondheim, Trainspotting

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