Here’s the finalised front cover for We Can Be Heroes, complete with a cover quote from Russell T Davies. Photo by Gordon Rainsford. I...

There’s a scene in Todd Haynes’ glam rock film, ‘Velvet Goldmine’, where Christian Bale’s character is in his parents’ living room,...

I loved this book, though it took me a while to read it. I began, appropriately enough, on a sunny beach in Tenerife - and finished it...

It’s high time for me to reconnect with the brave young man I was - and take better care of the older, battle scarred one I’ve become.

It wasn’t the best of years. It wasn’t the worst of years. Here are some of my highlights and lowlights of 2022 - Reconnected with old...

Novels in which the main character is a novelist can tend towards self-indulgence. And I say that as someone who’s published one (The...

Huge thanks to everyone who’s read an advance copy of We Can Be Heroes and shared their thoughts! As Mr Bowie used to say, "love on ya!"...

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

Yesterday I held a copy of my memoir in my hand for the very first time. It was... emotional. It's always a special moment when you first...

My forthcoming memoir went out into the world last week, via Netgalley. Physical proof copies will be sent for advance reviews soon. This...

Bette Bourne & Neil Bartlett in A Vision of Love Revealed In Sleep, 1989 Welcome to the latest episode of We Can Be Heroes podcast with...

New episode of We Can Be Heroes with singer, actress, trans icon and my good friend Adele Anderson of Fascinating Aida. Here she is...

Next month, Polari will be 15 years old! Yes, it'll be a whopping 15 years since we hosted our first ever event upstairs at the Green...

This week's podcast is about a bullied young gay boy called David Hodge who reinvented himself as Dusty O, made friends with Boy George,...

It's not often that I get to sit down and chat with a Booker winning author. But I've known Bernardine Evaristo for many years and...

Today I am 20 months sober. When I began this journey, I didn’t know what to expect. Would I still be able to socialise? Would life...

Cruise as in looking for sex. Cruise as in rising ’80s star Tom Cruise, he of the aviator shades and winning grin in hot new Hollywood...

Coming up in September we have three events linked to this year's Polari Prize shortlists. On September 1 we're at The Printworks,...

Obviously, I couldn't produce a podcast called We Can Be Heroes and NOT interview Bowie expert Nicholas Pegg. The tenth and final episode...

My memoir We Can Be Heroes will be published next June by Little A and is now available to preorder. It features David Bowie (of course),...