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The Secret Lives of Shirts by Elizabeth (Buffy) Noble - Winning Poetry entry Write Queer London 2012

14 February 2012

Yellow Morphy Richards iron from Geffrye Museum handling collectioncollection
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The secret lives of shirts I am flattened, And again flattened. I am forced. I am heavy as a man, hanging I am heavy as a day. I am made straight. but I have been silk, undone, wettened I have been lovingly dangled I have

by: Elizabeth (Buffy) Noble

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The Pankratiasts by James Duncan- overall winning entry for Write Queer London 2012

14 February 2012

Pankration scene: the pankriatiast on the right tries to gouge his opponent's eye; the umpire is about to strike him for this foul. Detail from an Attic red-figure kylix, 490-480 BC. From Vulci, Italy.
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Squat down, pulling the back of my head onto his bare chest, Erasmus has pushed his left leg between mine. The inside of his thigh is touching the back of my balls.  My sturdy left leg knots around his sturdier right.  He has

by: James Duncan

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Write Queer London Festival has landed

02 December 2011

Write Queer London flyer
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Discovering gay histories across London museums The Museum of London’s Write Queer London festival, which begins in December, brings together writers, poets and LGBT history in London museums for a fourth year. Curator talks, gallery tours, poetry commissions, a writing competition and creative

profile picture of Babs Guthrie Posted by: Babs Guthrie

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Write Queer London 2012 is on its way

29 November 2011

Write Queer London flyer
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We are really pleased that Write Queer London is back for a fourth year. The recipe goes like this: - Take five or six London museums, with interesting LGBT collections or stories - Add a knowledgeable curator to explain and answer questions - Bring in

Posted by: Kate Smith

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Gay history: now in verse

14 November 2011

Black and white photo shows head and shoulders of poet John McCullough
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As part of this year's Write Queer London we've commissioned three poets to search the collections of three London museums, choose an object or a theme and write a poem.  All three poets have just begun their commissions now, and we wait

Posted by: Kate Smith

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Write Queer London 2012: How to enter

08 November 2011

Write Queer London flyer
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RULES: Entries in all categories must relate to an aspect of historical or modern Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender London - or objects held in London museums. We will interpret this fairly broadly, but won't consider entries, however good, which are simply 'gay stories

Posted by: Kate Smith

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Ars Homo Erotica in Warsaw

26 September 2011

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National museums staging major exhibitions on LGBT themes are still a rarity, and Poland is among the more conservative countries in Europe in approaching the subject.  So, at least in the gay press, it was international news when last year the National Museum in

Posted by: Kate Smith

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WRITE QUEER LONDON 2011: A Moth in a Blizzard

23 March 2011

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Write Queer London 2011: Overall Winner   I met Akira Arashi. Normally one would begin by detailing when and where and how they met someone but all I recall is how he threw a door open and walked in, wrapped in a shroud of blinding light

by: Arashi Akira

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Write Queer London 2011: Reverse Pepys

23 March 2011

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It does not begin as a great fire, but in the gentle kindling of the King’s bakery. Much later on, full blaze, it sends a measured, secular radiancy. By and by, 300 houses go, and look remarkable when seen from the tower. From Fish

by: David Mohan

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WRITE QUEER LONDON 2011: LET THIS YEAR BE DIFFERENT

23 March 2011

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Runner up “No, the Oxford Street one … because I’d much rather … the Mountview Café, yes … but can we meet downstairs? … the Tottenham Court Road entrance? … it’s less busy ... Ten-fifteen? I should be able to,

by: David Foll

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Congratulations to #WQL 2012 Overall winner James Duncan who was inspired by a Greek drinking cup at the @britishmuseum http://t.co/qjsqsUVv

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