The blurby bit British gender laws and self identification: Where are we now, and what do we hope for the future of Britain’s laws? Join
Hannah Gadsby’s presents The Gender Agenda
Hannah Gadsby curates a show of the ‘best queer talent’ she could find. Introduction When I booked, it looked to me that I had the
Review of comedy show: Zoë Coombs Marr -The Opener
‘Hey, what’s up cunts?!’ is how Zoe Coombs Marr opened her show. ‘Cervix is the answer to that question, not always, let’s not be reductive, or transphobic. Yip, that’s my opener.’
That was Zoe being Zoe, a progressive woke comedian, not Zoe being Dave, the white ‘cis’ heterosexual xenophobic male parody character she’s created (though I do use that term loosely) and despises.
Backroom politics
There was an acknowledgement in the group that the public at large was not very keen on the idea of ‘queerness’. (I note it was impossible for them to discuss quite why that would be.) It was also made harder by individual politicians pushing back (again no names were mentioned for fear of addressing specific issues, i.e. any discussion of MPs either criticising or approving of rapists being put in female prisons).
Horrible Gurus
I knew I was in for a rough ride when Delphine looked directly at me, supercilious smile spread across her face, refusing to return my
Greta Thunberg returns to the Southbank with friends
Last year the Southbank hosted Greta Thunberg for the launch of her book The Climate Book, covered by me in this blog. The then CEO committed to make environmentalism core to the Southbank’s values. Then it was reported that the Southbank was going to plant 390 trees outside the gallery in a pocket forest, which hasn’t happened yet, and I don’t think it will, given there is no space for such a huge numbers of trees.
The Lies They Tell 
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