Robert Campbell Interview
Robert Campbell’s one solo album – Living In The Shadow Of A Downtown Movie Show – really stood alone in 1977. It was a beautiful, orchestrated singer/songwriter album with both…
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Gay Rights: Life Under Section 28 – Newsnight, BBC 2
I was very happy to participate in any way, however slight, in Matthew Todd’s Newsnight film about Section 28. He spoke to a few people who’d been adolescents at the time…
My Private Hell – Attitude Magazine
Attitude Magazine, 2017 In many ways, this was less an article about bullying than one about the damage that can be done when someone tries to diminish the likelihood of…
The ‘Gay Men Are Misogynists’ Movement
Herewith my piece, The ‘Gay Men Are Misogynists’ Movement. In the last two years, I’ve witnessed an exponentional increase in the number of comment pieces about misogyny among gay men. It’s…
When Attitude Met Prince William
I was extremely pleased to take part in a groundbreaking feature for the July 2016 issue of Attitude, in which several LGBT+ representatives attended a roundtable discussion led by Matthew…
Gay Men and Misogyny
In February, Chas Newkey-Burden wrote a cri de coeur about gay men’s misogyny in the Daily Telegraph. I felt compelled to respond in Attitude. Do I think some gay men…
Roger Scruton’s mealy-mouthed, anti-gay slurs…
Why do I read things that wind me up late at night? First, some Milo Yiannopoulos and then the new Roger Scruton interview in Spiked. The whole thing can be read…