Movies

Paul Burston

Jun 16, 20221 min read

We Can Be Heroes with David McAlmont

The second episode of We Can Be Heroes is available now on Acast, Apple, Google and Spotify. My special guest is singer-songwriter and...

Paul Burston

Apr 16, 20204 min read

Lockdown Bookclub – Valley of the Dolls

In the ’60s, her name was synonymous with all things hip and swinging. Her fashion sense was imitated by millions. And on the day...

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

Apr 6, 20202 min read

Lockdown Bookclub – My Judy Garland Life

As the title suggests, this isn’t a run-of-the-mill biography of Garland but a personal meditation on how the star shaped the author’s...

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.