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#PoTW: Queer creative writing and Polari workshop

#PoTW: Queer creative writing and Polari workshop

by Talking Humanities | Apr 2, 2018 | Events, Human Rights, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, PotW, Public Engagement

When: 5 April 2018, 6.30–8.30pm Who: Senate House Library, in collaboration with Queer Tours of London with special guests from the Gay Liberation Front Where: Seng Tee Lee Seminar Room, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Polari, the gay slang which faded...
Public indecency and the making of Mae West

Public indecency and the making of Mae West

by Talking Humanities | Dec 7, 2017 | History & Classics, Languages & Literature

Mae West – comedian, dancer, singer, actor, playwright, director, producer, novelist and sex symbol – had a career that lasted more than 80 years, which included performances that were famous, or infamous, for their power to shock. Below, Dr Will Visconti explores the...

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