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posted Wednesday, July 30, 2025
This authorised and unique biography covers Jarman’s story from the bleakness of post-war Britain and his RAF childhood, to student life at The Slade and his work as a designer, painter and filmmaker. It tells how energetic home filmmaking with dazzling friends led to distinctive feature films including Sebastiane, The Tempest, and Caravaggio. There were collaborations with the […]
posted Sunday, July 27, 2025
Winter is the fourth murder mystery novel in this stand-alone series. On a quiet Saturday afternoon during Christmas vacation, University of California San Diego Professor Marcus George stops by his campus office to retrieve a student’s assignment. What he finds instead is the dead body of an outspoken, overbearing colleague who was disliked by many. […]
posted Thursday, July 24, 2025
The B-52s were always queer, though not overtly, and this book dissects the coded queer messaging in their music, using their 1989 album Cosmic Thing as a focal point. Alongside the author’s own queer awakening, Crighton investigates the band’s history and recorded work to date, providing cultural context along the way, and proves what was obvious […]
posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Pioneer Summer takes place in the year is 1986, and Yurka Konev, 16, has been sent off for another summer at Pioneer Camp. Impulsive, forthright, and unfairly branded as a troublemaker, he anticipates the weeks ahead of him with boredom and dread. But when he’s pushed into working on the camp’s theatre production, he meets […]
posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Reykjavik Pride is happening August 5th-10th, 2-25 with the Parade taking place on August 9th. With over 100,000 attendees, a quarter of the Icelandic population, travellers can take part in a variety of events including family festivals, gallery openings, parties and more. Visitors can take photos with the famous rainbow street, hop on a Queer […]
posted Tuesday, July 15, 2025
The International LGBTQ+ Travel Association (IGLTA) has launched the Proud Destination Program, a new global initiative spotlighting destinations that are leaning in and publicly demonstrating that LGBTQ+ inclusion is not just a seasonal campaign but a long-term commitment. “At a time when some travel brands are stepping back from LGBTQ+ visibility, it’s even more important to […]
posted Tuesday, July 15, 2025
I Feel Famous: Punk Diaries 1977-1981 is a girl’s coming of age story set to the pulse of punk rock. The book tracks 17-year-old Angela Jaeger’s exciting discovery of punk music and its accompanying lifestyle in 1977. A music enthusiast living in New York’s East Village, Angela’s story unfolds chronologically, charting her late adolescence in tandem […]
posted Saturday, July 12, 2025
The Emperor of Gladness begins late one summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, as nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in pelting rain, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia, who convinces him […]
posted Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Sound N’ Fury does not have a story arc. It is a collection of anecdotes, like a record comprised of various tracks — each one has its point and purpose. Alan Niven, who guided Guns N’ Roses from the gutter of Los Angeles to Wembley Stadium, shares stories from his remarkable life as a manager with […]
posted Thursday, July 3, 2025
Pretend We’re Dead commemorates and celebrates the overlooked contributions of true trailblazers. From the founder of the Women of Rock Oral History Project, an exploration of women in the ’90s rock scene, featuring original interviews with Liz Phair, Shirley Manson, Kristin Hersh, Donita Sparks, Tanya Donelly, members of Hole, Luscious Jackson, Veruca Salt, Babes in Toyland, and […]
