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Hitler had ‘homosexual streak’ according to secret CIA files
Adolf Hitler had a “homosexual streak” according to secret CIA files which detail his personality and interests. The 70-page report was compiled in 1942 and was sent from Dr Henry Field, a top aide for...
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13 things you really need to know about the ‘rainbow poppy’
Discourse surrounding the ‘rainbow poppy’ – also known as the LGBT+ poppy – has been dominating Twitter in the last few days, so we thought we’d set the record straight once and for all. 1. OK, first...
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Far-right Polish thugs mark the anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising by burning...
Far-right thugs burned rainbow flags as they marched through Warsaw as they staged a demonstration on Saturday. The march to mark the anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising – resistance against the Nazis...
View ArticlePoland’s hateful crusade against LGBT+ folk compared to dehumanising...
A gay Polish politician and MEP has compared the treatment of LGBT+ people in Poland to the way Jewish people were “dehumanised” before World War Two. Robert Biedron is a gay politician and LGBT+...
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Stolen artefacts belonging to gay World War Two hero Alan Turing to finally...
Stolen items belonging to gay computing genius and codebreaking hero Alan Turing are to be returned to the UK after decades. The haul of 17 items include five rare photographs of the Bletchley Park...
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History made as £50 note featuring gay war hero Alan Turing enters circulation
The Bank of England’s newly-designed £50 note featuring the portrait of Alan Turing, the gay computing pioneer and World War Two code-breaker, has entered circulation. In dropping Wednesday (23 June),...
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Giant rainbow tribute to pioneering gay war hero Alan Turing unveiled at GCHQ
A giant artwork of Alan Turing has been revealed at the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), as he becomes the face of the new £50 note on his birthday (23 June). The 10 by 10 metre rainbow...
View ArticlePot, stock (& two smoking barrels)
One of the (let’s be honest, rather many) obstacles to me becoming a vegetarian – as opposed to a passionate lover of all kinds of veg – would be what do to about stock. I often toy, more than idly,...
View ArticleA Woman of Style, Substance & Hedgehog Slice
I have just heard tonight that Mrs Spain, one of my mother’s dearest friends, died this week. My mum died 15 years ago, and I haven’t kept properly in touch with her friends … so it came as a great...
View ArticleEager for Uighur
This week’s column from the Empress in Good Living is a beauty, and extra fun for us to read because we were crash test dummies for one of these Chinese muslim restaurants with her – the Western Orient...
View ArticleIn celebration of celery
If there’s one vegetable always found in my crisper, it’s the humble bunch of celery – it goes in everything from soups to curries to pasta to tagines to all those good Mediterranean casserolish...
View ArticleSnag a sausage roll
The Empress has come over all flaky in her Good Living 3-of-a-kind column this week – it’s on sausage rolls. I can vouch for the goodness of the Bourke St Bakery pork & fennel version, and the...
View ArticleFine but frugal food – is it possible?
I’ve come to the realisation, rather late in the piece, that the dough has run out. Renovation sure takes it out of a gal, and the latest bit of it – our backyard spritz, even done with volunteer...
View ArticleSweet & sour: spicy cumquat chutney
Inspired by Fiona’s comment about Indian food yesterday, plus the fact we had been given two kilos of beautiful Killcare cumquats by our friends the Nannas of Naremburn, I messed around with a few...
View ArticleKitchen calamity
Well, it doesn’t happen very often, but it did last night. I cooked a Truly Revolting meal for my beau and myself. It was supposed to be a lovely rich dahl and a dish of potatoes and peas in a yoghurt...
View ArticleBack to the books
Further to our very satisfying natter about cookbooks a couple of weeks back, I have now obtained the Empress’s informative and amusing cookbook manifesto, first published a few years ago in Good...
View ArticleIn love with labneh
Inspired by the happy coincidence of my friend Ms Melba’s recent gift of her incredibly good homemade labneh – that creamy, unbelievably smooth yoghurt cheese – and Miss J’s birthday gift of the...
View ArticleGoogle celebrates 100th anniversary of gay war hero’s Alan Turing’s birth...
Google has celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing, the gay mathematical genius and codebreaker who not only was the effective inventor of the computer but also a key driver behind...
View ArticleGovernment Communications chief regrets treatment of codebreaker Alan Turing
The head of the Government Communications Headquarters has expressed regret at the way Alan Turing, a gay World War Two codebreaker, was treated in the years leading up to his suicide. Iain Lobban,...
View ArticleComment: Time is right to pardon Alan Turing
Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Labour Party member Andrew Pakes says the government must issue gay scientist and computing pioneer Alan Turing with an official pardon. Earlier this month, Labour...
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