Here you’ll find some news and updates about my various projects, plus commentary or thoughts on a range of topics, primarily queer and/or kinky stuff - but not exclusively.
I may also publish old material from some of my other sites, from time to time.
For almost as long as I can remember, people have talked about “Old Guard” and “New Guard” in leather; and for quite some time now, I’ve felt that, frankly, things are a lot more complicated than that.
If there’s a single thing you can call “Leather,” it's got around eighty years of history and li...
On Saturday 17th, I received the Christian Hoffmann Award from London Leathermen. As they describe on their site, it’s for
your unsung heroes, the people who make our London community what it is, to be the recipients of the Christian Hoffman Award – a historic title awarded for exemplary servi...
In the world of gay SM, which is the one I mostly inhabit, the name of Catherine Robbe-Grillet is perhaps not well known. But, especially in her native France, she is one of the most well known figures when it comes to public discussion of SM.
Now in her 90s, she still practises her elaborate ritu...
Over the years, I’ve attended quite a lot of Pride events, and I’ve taken photos on film. You can find a collection of these, covering 2012 to 2019, on my Flickr account
All are taken at London Pride, with the exception of one collection, which is from Pride in Palermo, Sicily, in 2013.
