Gay film

Paul Burston

Dec 12, 20222 min read

Difference Is Born On The Lips

Part memoir, part meditation on what it means to be othered as a working class gay man, this book is beautifully written, brave,...

Paul Burston

Apr 15, 20203 min read

Lockdown Bookclub – Tennessee Williams, Memoirs

When Tennessee Williams’s memoirs were first published in 1975, one reviewer wrote: ‘If he has not exactly opened his heart, he has...

Paul Burston

Apr 14, 20202 min read

Lockdown Bookclub – Erotic Lives of the Superheroes

These are queer times for superheroes. Last October, Batwoman came out as the first crime-fighting lesbian to front her own TV show....

Paul Burston

Apr 11, 20202 min read

Lockdown Bookclub – Maurice

As an isolated gay teenager growing up in South Wales, my introductions to gay literature came largely via the medium of queer pop. I...

Paul Burston

Mar 22, 20202 min read

Something About Harry

There are no gay victims in ‘Making Love’. It’s a far cry from what came before – and after.