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.

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...

I had a wobble today

Yesterday I reached a milestone – 500 days of sobriety. I know this because the I Am Sober app on my iPhone told me so. I stopped...

Do you ever get the feeling you’re being undervalued? I know I do. And when I do I tend to make a joke of it and think of Susie Blake’s...

Today I’m six months sober. To mark the occasion, I’ve decided to keep a journal – not just to keep track of my sobriety, but also for...

Like many people, I’ve really missed live performance – both as a spectator and as a producer / performer. Last month, Polari returned to...

Me and Alexis Gregory Earlier this week I hosted my first onstage event in seven months. It was a major one, too – Polari In Heaven. Even...

Photo by Ketut Subiyanto It’s ten weeks today since I last drank any alcohol. Here are a few things I’ve discovered - It’s been far...

For much of the past year, I’ve been working on a memoir. It’s about a lot of things - AIDS activism, David Bowie, love and loss, nearly...