Queer eye for the Collections at the Museum of London
15 March 2011
As part of the Write Queer London event "LGBT blogging at the Museum of London", Kate Smith did some research to inspire our workshoppers and uncover some LGBT objects hidden in plain sight. From the Emperor Hadrian to Big Brother, we have reproduced her
Joe Orton writing exercises
14 March 2011
One: The writing style of Joe Orton often played with establishments and institutions creating great humour by irreverently mocking them. The police, museums, social clubs, medical institutions, political figures, clergymen and family were all prime targets for his sophisticated, sharp wit.
Exercise: Pick an institution
Get our free LGBT trail of the British Museum
17 February 2011
Our fold-out trail of LGBT objects at the British Museum has just been launched.
It features 21 objects ranging through 4,000 years of history from ancient Babylon and Egypt to the Classical world, Maori and Native American culture, Japan and Western Europe.
You can get a
Write Queer London 2011 - free workshops in gay history writing
09 November 2010
The Write Queer London competition is now in its third year. Explore LGBT London past or present in fact, fiction and poetry to win one of our prizes. We are offering a series of free talks and workshops in London museums throughout the winter.
Winner, Write Queer London 2008 - The Purple, White and Green*
04 March 2010
In Rouen, God spoke to Joan of Arc.
In Shadwell, my vision is Christabel.
Dock-men brawl, Ain't she beautiful?
as she tops a lorry to lecture, in blue silk.
Christabel catches in one sure hand a cabbage
fast-bowled at her throat. I knew you
Getting Started: Some Gay London History And Writing Exercises
24 November 2009
Kate Smith (text) and Shaun Levin (exercises)
We shut our eyes, reach into the Scrabble bag of London and (mostly at random) pull out a handful of places and museum objects in the City. London's multilayered geography and changing uses mean that 'gay sites'
Ancient Egypt To Japan - An LGBT Trail Round The British Museum
22 July 2007
In celebration of LGBT History Month, Kate Smith walked through the galleries of the British Museum looking for objects and stories that trace the history of the gay experience.
Taking the long view reminds us that although there's been same-sex desire in every culture,
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