(This covers east of Wardour Street and south of Brewer Street.) Once synonymous with the sex industry (both gay and straight) and London’s nightlife, Soho has been smartening up over the years. This has seen the area clean up its act, but in the process concerns have been raised that it’s losing it’s character. As…
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Art & Queer Culture
Published to coincide with the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in June 1969, Phaidon is releasing a revised and updated edition of their acclaimed historical survey of queer art and culture by Catherine Lord and Richard Meyer. Essays by the authors delve into the oft hidden worlds of queer culture allowing us a window…
The Rule Of Three Monkeys - Vibrators, Holidays, Handcuffs & Doggy Fun
Welcome to the second in our series of articles looking at the behind-the-scenes comings and goings that people in the arts and hospitality have had to experience. If you’ve had some strange or funny experiences from behind the scenes at work, and you think it should be shared, contact us and we’ll do so. The…
Unexpected Fluids
From BBC Radio 1 comes the podcast we all need to brighten our day. Hosted by Riyadh Khalaf of YouTube and BBC Three fame, and Alix Fox an award winning writer, broadcaster and sex educator, Unexpected Fluids is a light hearted exploration of all those sexual quirks, fetishes and failures we’ve all had whether gay…
RuPaul's Drag Race: Holi-slay Spectacular
On the heels of news that the UK version of RuPaul’s Drag Race will be coming to BBC3 next year, comes a Drag Race Christmas Special. No matter how much of a die hard Drag Race fan you are, it will leave you at best bemused. The show has always been full of product placement…
The Watches of Fears
When it comes to the British luxury market, there are fewer more respected. It speaks to craftsmanship, quality and heritage. These three principals are at the core of Fears, the family watch company founded in 1846 by Edwin Fear and re-founded by his great-great-great-grandson Nicholas Bowman-Scargill in 2016. After years working for Rolex, Nicholas took…