Tube Diary: 1st October On the way home from a book reading with guests Immodesty Blaize, Radcliffe Royds and hostess with the mostest, Damian Barr. I was on last, necked a vodka and coke just before, so went on bursting
diarist, author & playwright
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October, 2012
Here I am sharing the stage with the husband (making his stage debut and getting all the laughs) at one of Damian Barr‘s fab Shoreditch House Literary Salon events (this one promoting the Soho Stories app). Click here
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October, 2012
Tube Dairy: 1st September Empty platform. Glance at myself in the corridor mirror. Hmmm. Not too bad. Train arrives. No seats. Oh well. Lean on the half-seat by the door. I’ve got 20 minutes to get to the
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October, 2012
I’ll be reading a spooky Soho story here in November. It’s only £5 for a whole night of stories. Come along! All proceeds to a cancer charity. Click here
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September, 2012
To celebrate the the National Trust’s Soho Stories app the the marvellous Damian Barr of the Shoreditch House Literary Salon is hosting an event at Soho House on Mon 1st Oct 7pm where I’ll be reading/being interviewed alongside Immodesty Blaize and Radcliffe Royds.
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September, 2012
Tube Diary: 1st August Muggy, sticky and my freshly pressed shirt is sticking to my chest. It’s 9am and I’m on the platform at Shepherd’s Bush. The train rumbles in. No seats. So I let it go. A
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August, 2012
Here are the details for the Waterstone’s Brighton City Reads event on Thurs Sept 20th. Click here
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August, 2012
Me, David Benson and Christopher Bryant from Polari Magazine explaining Polari to the Americans. Click here
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August, 2012
Tube Diary: 4th July A businessman eyes the legs of a young woman opposite him. An older woman sitting next to him spots him and frowns. Seconds later, the older woman crosses her legs and in doing
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July, 2012
Me telling a few Soho stories at one of the Spark London/National Trust Soho Stories iPhone app launch events. Here’s the blurb: Since December 2007, Spark London have heard stories told live by hundreds of Londoners.
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June, 2012
I’ll be appearing on The Late Show with Joanne Good at 10pm tomorrow night (6th June). Click here for details BBC Radio London
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June, 2012
I will be taking part in the ‘City Reads’ event at Waterstone’s in Brighton with Jonathan Kemp. The event starts at 7:30pm and we will be interviewed by Suzi Feay. More details to follow.
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June, 2012
To celebrate the launch of the National Trust Soho Stories app (I am one of the narrators) I will be participating the following events: 1. 30th June, 5-7pm Love Charing Cross Road Foyles festival: In association with Spark London and as the highlight of
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June, 2012
Have a book review in the Summer edition of Beige Magazine. Which is very nice of them, and I am grateful, but…they’ve reviewed the first book not the latest one! Oh well. All publicity is good publicity n’all
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June, 2012
‘Soho so what. Soho so sad. Soho so gone. Soho so long. I gave you everything I had. Gave you everything I had.’ So go the lyrics to Marc Almond’s ‘Soho So Long’. Well, diarist, author and
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May, 2012
I have an interview and a short story appearing in June’s edition of Attitude Magazine (Issue 219). The story is called ‘Leslie’s Letter.’ It’s about a 76 year old gay man (called Leslie). We live in youth
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May, 2012
To celebrate IDAHO 2012, Polari Magazine is publishing stories from its writers about their experiences of homophobia and transphobia. Some tales are funny, some are shocking and some are sad. My piece is about how I avoided a female
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May, 2012
Click below for… Madam JoJo’s review: Thursday, May 10th
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May, 2012
Please join The Society Club for ‘An Evening With Clayton Littlewood’, author of Dirty White Boy, as he discusses his new book, Goodbye to Soho, London’s modern day Tales of the City. DATE Wednesday May 16th TIME
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April, 2012
7-10pm May 10, 2012 Madame Jojo’s, 8-10 Brewer Street, London – WC1F 0SE You are warmly invited to our launch party at Madame Jojo’s to celebrate the release of Maggie & Martin’s debut album UNION & Clayton
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April, 2012
7pm May 3, 2012 66 Marchmont Street, London – WC1N 1Ab I will be reading from my new book, Goodbye to Soho at institution Gay’s the Word on Marchmont Street from 7pm.
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April, 2012
I have a short story appearing in Attitude Magazine (Issue 202). The story is called ‘Angie Gets Her Tits Back,’ and it’s based on one of the characters from Dirty White Boy: Tales of Soho – Angie.
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February, 2012
A piece I wrote for Polari Magazine back in Feb for LGBT History Month. St Quentin