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Gay Horror Aficionado Mark Preps Xmas Tale

Posted on 17 Dec 2024 in Entertainment

It has been the tradition, since at least our laudimum laced Victorian forebears, to tell ghostly tales at Christmas tide. Although it might go back further. As in the line "Come, fright me with your sprites" in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. Between 1968 and 1979, the BBC transmitted annual Christmas adaptations of classic ghost stories, drawing on the rich writings of the master of the genre, MR James plus other notables such as Chares Dickins' The Signalman, and starring hosts of notable actors including Michael Horden, Clive Swift, and Denholm El

Wham! Song that is Now Part of Xmas

Posted on 14 Dec 2024 in Entertainment

The Christmas song "Last Christmas", penned by gay hero philanthropist George Michael, was first released forty years ago this month, in December 1984. Quite rightly kept from the coveted Christmas Number 1 slot by the charity single "Do They know It's Christmas", to which Michael also contribut

Gay Broadcaster Everett to Be Remembered

Posted on 14 Dec 2024 in Entertainment

Christmas 2024 would have been the 80th birthday of Kenny Everett, the ground breaking and inspirational DJ wo passed on from an AIDS related condition in 1995. To mark the life and times of the broadcasting genius, commercial channel BOOM Radio and BBC Radio 4 Extra

Celebrating thirty years of Garage Sounds

Posted on 11 Dec 2024 in Entertainment

BBC Radio 1 Xtra, the national public broadcaster's youth and urban music channel, celebrated Thirty Years of UK Garage on Sunday evening, 18th August. UK Garage evolved, according to Wikipedia, from the mix of urban music and communities that m

Convention Celebrates Queer - Geek Crossover

Posted on 26 Nov 2024 in Entertainment

LGBTQIA+ cultural magazine Queerguru reports that "We gays can be geeks too. Hence we are making tracks later this month for the 10th annual FLAME CON the world’s largest queer comic con, this August 17th and 18th at the Times Square Sheraton in New York City. .Its a totally fab two-day comics

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Sue Perkins Great Journey on Television

Lesbian hero Sue Perkins, said to be one of the nicest people in showbusiness, will be on Channel Four television at 9.15pm on Tuesday 26th November when she will

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Grimmy Walks for Mental Health

BBC Radio presenter and television host Nick Grimshaw took part in a televised walk of seven miles across the North East coast of England on Wednesday evening, 19

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Kylie Minogue Brings House down for ITV

Perhaps with a view to rivalling the queer friendly output of BBC-2 on Saturday night, 16th November, with the BBC network spending several hours in Boyband heaven, commercial television channel

Nov

Public Service Radio and TV unites for Funds

On Friday 15th November, viewers and listeners in the UK engaged with the annual BBC Children In Need Appeal. It is an annual event in which all the public servic

Nov

Sam Smith Wows at Promenade Concert

Non-binary singer Sam Smith took part in the BBC Promenade Concert on Friday 2nd August, as the summer season of what are popularly known as the Proms