One of the joys of being a young gay, was seeing Loretta Swit’s, Hot Lips Houlihan in ‘Mash’ and enjoying a witty, colourful human, professional to her fingertips, full of characterful agency and determined vigour. Not a sexy blonde.

The Freedom Flotilla sailing toward Gaza is not just carrying life-saving aid. It is carrying solidarity, hope and our shared humanity.

C’mon Labour now, do the right thing. Don’t go all lily-livered Blair/Brown ‘university fees’ on yerselves. Here’s an ideal opportunity to get rid of that neoliberal, warmongering shyster you call a leader. He’s embarrassingly lousy at the job. #Labour

We have arrived in Deansgate The Aftershock Review by Max Wallis

Tbt, 2015. with Aladdin Silver Flash mask. This was one of 2 masks that Bowie’s NYC personal assistant contacted me about in order to purchase them for his official archive. #davidbowie #bowiemask

Inigo Pipkin (4th July 1973). Hartley is in a typically obstreperous mood.

A little light reading to get your day off to a flying start 😊 Huge thanks to The Post for allowing me on board with this one!🤩 livpost.co.uk/pete-burns-was…

Q. What do you get if you cross an American President and an English Premier who criminalise pensioners for ideologically driven, peacful protesting? A. Fascism.

“One day, everyone will have always been against this.” - Omar El Akkad.

Flapjack Press presents 2 fantastic titles from the inimitable Gerry Potter Poetry – both available now in paperback and eBook from flapjackpress.co.uk in the summer sale - or your favourite booksellers. #poetry #LGBTQIA #Wellbeing #PTSD Manchester City of Literature northernfictionalliance Northern Soul

It's time for a new kind of political party - one that belongs to you. Sign up at yourparty.uk.

We’re not joining the tide of hate. We’re building a movement of hope.

What an utter absurdity our Home Secretary has created - Destroying British free speech, right to protest and with it undermining democracy. It is not for the government to terrorise the public for political opinions they don’t want to hear.

The refugees of today are our doctors, carers, teachers and neighbours of tomorrow. Above all, they are human beings worthy of compassion, dignity and respect.

We’re doing things differently. That’s why we are asking you to give us your ideas for the party’s name. Whatever it’s called, it’s always going to be your party. Tell us what you think at yourparty.uk/ourname

That’s not how you do bar charts. 🙄

Congratulations to Zack Polanski on your stunning victory. Your campaign took on the rich and powerful, stood up for the dignity of all marginalised communities, and gave people hope! Real change is coming. I look forward to working with you to create a fairer, kinder world.

It seems ‘the adults in the room’ possess rubber necks, rubber elbows, rubber wrists, rubber knees and rubber ankles. It’s quite obvious everything in ‘the room’ is broken, shattered and torn. It appears they don’t have a grip on anything.

In memory of Blancmange’s Stephen Luscombe.

Trump and Epstein - The Movie