80s

My Crazy Week

Steve Strange | Posted 05.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
Steve Strange

There's too much manufacturing and not enough innovating in the meeting of music and fashion. We need a few more Lady Gagas and a few less One Directions!

The Gay 80s: Are We Now Less Accepting of LGBTQ Music?

Thomas Morris | Posted 03.07.2012 | UK Entertainment
Thomas Morris

That LGBTQ artists ever since Long John have rightfully taken their place at the highest end of the charts is a reflection of music's unique power to form a community of millions. Keep up the good work.

The Thought That Counts? A Cautionary Tale on Christmas Present Buying

Nicki Le Masurier | Posted 22.02.2012 | UK
Nicki Le Masurier

When I was five I asked for a Care Bear for Christmas. Not just any Care Bear, I wanted the one with the brooding rain cloud on its belly and slightly scornful face. The one with the mildly misanthropic stare. The one they called Grumpy Bear, but whom I felt was probably just misunderstood.

We Can Be Heroes: A new Book About 1980's Club Kids

Iain R Webb | Posted 24.12.2011 | UK Style
Iain R Webb

Although haunts like Blitz, Billy's, Hell and Saint Moritz might not have passed for traditional gay clubs they certainly embraced, if not driven by, gay sensibilities. This, in turn, allowed the macho boys to dress up as matinee idols and beatniks, Edwardian gentlemen and Gaucho lovers without having to worry about getting their perfectly pomaded hair messed up in a brawl.