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The Heart in Exile – The Strange Case of the Peculiarly Prescient Pre-Gay Novel

by Mark Simpson
February 2, 2021February 17, 2023

It’s LGBT History Month. So I thought I would share with you my hitherto hidden love for my favourite ‘gay’ novel. The Heart In Exile, published in the UK in 1953, by Rodney Garland – real name Adam Martin De Hegedus, an Hungarian émigré. Though as the date and morose… Read More »The Heart in Exile – The Strange Case of the Peculiarly Prescient Pre-Gay Novel

Trading in the Past: Queer London

by Mark Simpson
June 18, 2007February 17, 2023

Once upon a time the streets of the capital heaved with jolly sailors and guardsmen looking for gentlemen to have fun with. Then gay liberation came along and ruined it for everyone (Independent on Sunday, 11 September 2005) I consider myself something of a traditionalist. I enjoy traditional activities, such… Read More »Trading in the Past: Queer London