Tell us a little about your character, Ritchie. Richie is born and raised on the Isle of Wight. He's one of those kids who wants to get out of his small town and escape to London as soon as he can. He's very ambitious, likes to be the centre of attention and the life of the party.   It’s been a while since you last acted, what was it about It’s A Sin that drew you back to acting? Hearing that Russell was making something new, that was enough for me to want to be involved. Russell's such an iconic voice in British storytelling, and especially queer storytelling, and I would have done anything to work with him. And that was before I'd even read the script. Once I read the script I was like, "oh, holy shit, this is amazing". And then when I read Ritchie, I just really fell in love with him, and how complicated he is, and how moving the story was. I thought, "Wow, I would be so so so lucky to get a chance to be a part of this".   The drama is set almos...

  Spare Snare - The Complete BBC Radio Sessions 1995 - 2018 ⅘ If you’re not familiar with Dundee’s rather marvellous Spare Snare then this isn’t your first stop, that would be previous release ‘Sounds’ however if that album whetted your appetite (and it should it's a great album) then swing around for this release a massive 42 track behemoth of sessions for the BBC, there’s all the Spare Snare you need.  Somewhere in time the band got labelled as Lo-Fi and I think that belies how gloriously noisy the band can be, indeed some bands in session produce insipid extra milky versions of familiar tunes but Spare Snare from their first session fill every corner of the room with sound. The ‘95 Peel version of ‘Bugs’ and ‘Super Slinky’ are giant sounding, the energy is absolutely crackling. There’s also live tracks recorded at Glasgow’s original 13th Note just before their T in the Park debut also back in ‘95 which packs a punch, also if you’re a bit of a detective you may unearth other...

  David Tennant and Michael Sheen have a chat with us. Michael Sheen, David Tennant What can you tell us about the new series of Staged? Michael: David and I are still being ridiculous with and about each other - that’s still very much the tone of it. We have a lot of amazing surprise appearances which I hope people will enjoy as much as David and I enjoyed doing the scenes with them. David: It’s the same set up as before. Michael Sheen and I talking rubbish to each other over the internet from our respective homes, with Georgia and Anna, our other halves, keeping us from becoming too self-indulgent, not always successfully. But there is a bit of a twist to it all, which I’m not going to reveal here... In the show you play exaggerated versions of yourselves, are you anything like these characters in real life? David: I imagine not at all, but probably... quite a lot. Michael: I think David would say that he's not at all like his character in the first series. Whereas I would say, I...

  Uncle Frank  is a period piece following a closeted gay man who is reluctantly returning home for his father’s funeral and unresolved trauma. While conditions have improved to an extent for the LGBTQ community, things are certainly better than they were in 1973.  This is when South Carolinian teenager Beth Bledsoe (Sophia Lillis) heads off to New York University.  The move leads to a reunion with literature professor and Beth’s uncle, Frank (Paul Bettany).  What Beth wasn’t expecting to learn upon studying at NYC is that Uncle Frank is gay and living with longtime partner Walid “Wally” Nadeem (Peter Macdissi).  Frank has never come out to his family and when his father suddenly dies, Frank reluctantly comes home to say goodbye.  It also means dealing with trauma he has refused to let go. This film takes place a few years after the Stonewall riots.  However, being LGBTQ in New York is much different than South Carolina.  Nobody could blame F...

  our new issue includes interviews with Chris Bryant MP and Marcas Mac . News of our Christmas charity raffle in aid of LGBT Helpline Scotland tickets on sale from 17th Nov prizes from Molly and Tommy Big Dog Books Kilted Fudge Company Ltd The Greenwood #section28 #pride #lgbtq #queer #bloomsbury LGBT Health and Wellbeing https://drive.google.com/.../19x2wq69fWFHoiyKyerM0dR.../view

Having witnessed the Nazis' brutality first-hand, these men were some of the first to warn Britain about Hitler, repeatedly speaking out against their government's policy of appeasing him. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain hated them. Branding them 'the glamour boys' to insinuate something untoward about them, he had their phones tapped and threatened them with deselection and exposure, Chris Bryant brings their story to life. How did you come across the Glamour Boys? I was writing another book six years ago about the history of parliament and I came across these intriguing figures Jack Macnamara and Ronnie Cartland who seemed to have been gay and were both killed in action in the war so have commemorative plaques in the Chamber of the Commons. Initially, I thought there wouldn't be enough hard facts, so I thought about using them in a novel, but in the end, I came across loads of private archives and papers that meant I could write the full story. The Glamour Boys...

Out today is Chris Bryant's The Glamour Boys published by Bloomsbury Publishing UK . About a group of MPs including Robert Boothby a Conservative MP for the Aberdeen area for over 30 years. Having witnessed the Nazis' brutality first-hand, these men were some of the first to warn Britain about Hitler, repeatedly speaking out against their government's policy of appeasing him. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain hated them. Branding them 'the glamour boys' to insinuate something untoward about them, he had their phones tapped and threatened them with deselection and exposure. We have an interview with Chris Bryant MP in our new issue out this weekend. #lgbtq #queer #books #bloomsbury