The acerbic writer and stand-up is determined to spread the word about his gay literary hero—who died 70 years ago. Most GT readers will know Andrew Doyle for his stand up comedy; as a frequently hilarious, sharply intelligent, and fearless stage presence, ready to push audience tolerance of “bad taste” to the limit. Some of […]
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A Commonwealth of Inequalities
The thousands of athletes, support staff and sports fans who travel to Glasgow this summer for the 20th Commonwealth Games—aka Glasgow 2014—will find something potentially controversial in the heart of the city’s fashionable Merchant City district: a Pride House. Pride Houses have been a feature of notable international sporting events since the Vancouver Winter Olympics […]
Derek Jarman
20 years after his death, why is the filmmaker, artist, writer and campaigner so revered? “I think he’s a really great artist, important in so many ways,” says Amanda Wilkinson, director of the Wilkinson Gallery in London which, in the latter part of 2013, hosted an exhibition of Derek Jarman’s “black paintings” which is now […]
Out on the Fringe
CRAIG HILL Scottish comedian Craig Hill has toured his saucily-punned shows around the UK and internationally. What’s it like being a gay stand-up? It’s pretty much like being any stand-up; it just comes down to whether you’re funny or not. Some people think gay comedy is about being gay but, really, all it is is […]
