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Drag Queen In Waiting
Aurora Kills discusses the moment she knew she wanted to become a queen It was 29th November in the year of our Lady 2002. The bleakest of midwinter evenings. And in a small sitting room in South-West...
View ArticleTopsie Redfern – The People Who Shaped Me
Jason Reid talks inspirations and icons with drag darling Topsie Redfern We all have those special people in our lives who have been there at just the right time to positively impact our journey...
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Look Good, Feel Gorgeous – London’s highest rated barbering experience
Tony Flynn on one of the best grooming experiences London has to offer It’s true what they say; a good barber is a man’s best friend. There are hundreds of barber shops in London but which can you...
View ArticleSCREW – Jamie HP and The Hoist team up for an all-out fetish fete
A new fearless bash for everyone in the fetish community Fetish partystarters Jamie HP and Tahe Hoist are teaming up for SCREW, an inclusive fetish party that’s bringing together all fetishes under one...
View ArticlePalmant/Pridd review – ‘a touching meditation on home-making’
★★★★ by Ifan Llewelyn On the dimly lit stage of the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol’s theatre sits dancer Osian Meilir. Sitting with his back to us looking back at a projected screen above his head, light...
View ArticleE.M. Forster: His Longest Journey review – casting light on both his...
★★★ by Ifan Llewelyn There has been a recent surge of interest in the work of E M Forster, especially here in the capital. Last year, The Inheritance dominated the West End, garnering acclaim and...
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Gender London Project – meet the photographer cataloguing gendered experiences
Multi-disciplinary artist Veronique Charlotte on her new show exploring kindness, activism and catharsis Perhaps the most contentious and complicated issues of our generation: Gender. It’s one of...
View ArticleHomos and Hummus – we dip into the upcoming queer, Jewish performance night
Hosted by Chanukah Lewinsky (yes, really) this is the cultural event of the season WE LOVE THIS! Now in its fifth installment, Homos & Houmus is a queer Jewish cabaret night. Why? Why not! Dip your...
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This year’s Manchester Pride in pictures
It’s the queer social event of the season. Giving a rare opportunity for the LGBTQ+ people of Manchester to take to the streets to let their colours show, Manchester Pride is a celebration of our...
View ArticleAfter the Wedding review – ‘a distinctly watchable and emotive drama’
★★★ by Dylan Jones After The Wedding is Bart Freundlich’s remake of the 2006 Danish drama Efter brylluppet (same meaning). While the original was deft, dark and daring, the Hollywood version, as...
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The Resurrection of Short Shorts- Fitladz talk why they’ve made a comeback
With pairs selling over £160 online, there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to short nylon shorts “Who likes short shorts? We like short shorts.” The iconic chorus to The Royal Teens’ 1957 hit...
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Peaches at the Royal Festival Hall review –‘shake yer dix for the princess of...
★★★★ by Ifan Llewelyn If you have yet to encounter Canadian electro-punk princess Peaches, then you’re missing out. Most are familiar with her break-out hit Teaches of Peaches’ “Fuck The Pain Away”,...
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World’s End at the King’s Head Theatre review – ‘culture, class and the war...
★★★ by Ifan Llewelyn The Kosovo War is a chapter in history that most of us have some faint recollection of watching on the news, or reading about in the morning paper. You hear the name and slowly it...
View ArticleJudy review –‘Zellweger delivers a glittering performance in otherwise...
★★★ by Ifan Llewelyn The celebrity biopic has undergone quite the thematic makeover in the past two years. Gone are the gritty, unflinching films of the mid-noughties, and in their place come the...
View ArticleHIV diagnoses among London’s gay and bi men have dropped by almost 50%
According to figures published today by Public Health England in their annual HIV data tables, new HIV diagnoses among MSM (men who have sex with men) in the London area have dropped by almost 50%...
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PHOTO REPORT: BERLIN BERLIN
Berlin Berlin is one of the best nights out in London. Daring, gorgeous and high-energy, it effortlessly and fearlessly smashes together goth with glam, wicca with warehouse and trans with techno....
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FETISH IN FLUX: Fetish is more varied and visible than ever, but what does...
The London fetish scene, and the way the world at large sees fetish, is undergoing a complicated evolution. Like many other aspects of LGBT culture, it’s been monetised, sanitised and thrust blinking...
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QX PREVIEW: The Two Brewers
Our guide to this weekend’s shenanigans at the notorious South London watering hole Jimmy’s Birthday Bash – THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Roll up, roll up! Come one, come all to the greatest show this side of...
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Coco Vadose
The drag performer bringing black girl magic to Soho Black Girl Magic’s Coco Vadose talks style inspiration, working the Soho scene and giving a platform to performers of colour. How would you describe...
View Article#JULIASAYS – Discerning scene musings from the Princess of East London
Things change all the time. Are you one of those people who, once they’ve made their mind up, there’s no budging? Or are you prepared to look at the other side of things and change your opinion?...
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