Letter to a Brexiteer

Dear Lizzie It was certainly a shock, reading on Facebook that you’d voted for Brexit. A mutual friend told me … More

Each Man Kills the Thing He Loves

14 June 2016 London Barack Obama has called the Orlando shooting a “hate crime” against the LGBTQ community. For LGBTQ … More

19 May 2016 London Is feminism dead in the UK? This month’s Something Rhymed Literary Salon series re-opens a much-needed debate about … More

27 June 2015 Moncontour, Poitou-Charentes, France There aren’t many mornings where I wake up crying. This morning was one of them. On … More

20 January 2015 London Ava DuVernay’s film Selma recreates a pivotal moment in America’s civil rights movement with intelligence and … More

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

20 January 2014 London Remembering Bayard Rustin, Dr King’s openly gay right hand man in the fight for racial equality … More

18 August 2013 London A wonderful new production of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House coincides with my watching Danish TV drama Borgen, … More

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

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