MATTHEW HAWKINS relishes the valiant defiance of two gay Scottish painters whose example resists both collectors’ taste and historical fiction
Protest, politics and pub kitchens
MIKE QUILLE speaks to author, activist and performer Mark Thomas
COMEDIC POLITICAL POLYMATH: Mark Thomas
[Tony Pletts]
Essays on contemporary Latin American feminism, a poetry debut by a queer Texan of Mexican heritage, and a lush volume of tango and milonga drawings
JOHN McINALLY welcomes a rigorous class analysis of the history and exploitation of sectarianism by the Scottish ruling elite
The bard pays homage to his two muses: his wife and his football club
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by an incoherent show that fails to question stereotypical assumptions about the Soviet Union
WILL STONE, JAMES WALSH and MARIA DUARTE review Souleymane’s Story, Sunlight, Good Fortune, and After The Hunt
YOU’VE been a comedian, author, activist, protester, actor, artist, curator, playwright, journalist and… pastor? Perhaps it would be quicker to tell us what you can’t do and haven’t done?
Ah, the pastor. I think it was related to finding out that religious buildings were exempt from council tax and as an experiment I wanted to see if I could convert my office into a temple, so I became a pastor online, and in the US I can legally marry, baptise and bury someone.
As for things I can’t do: I can’t drive, and I am useless at angling, sharpshooting, rodeo tricks, and have never hunted foxes. I am average at crazy golf.
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