A queer quiz from 1979 in my latest (free!) newsletter! buttondown.com/WhereAre/arc...

Really looking forward to chatting with Lighthouse's Mairi tonight and celebrating Jane Cholmeley's amazing book--and the history of Silver Moon Bookshop. lighthousebookshop.com/events/queer...

New newsletter, on how the experience of publishing a book was different from my expectations! buttondown.com/WhereAre/arc...

If you're in Edinburgh on the evening of Wednesday, June 4, this event with Silver Moon's Jane Cholmeley and me, in the @Lighthousebks garden, will be a BLAST! lighthousebookshop.com/events/queer...

I reviewed James Miller's great new book "The Passion of Pedro Almodóvar" for the Washington Post: www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

You know you're still connected to your old place of work when you see a story on the ToC, and you think, "Ooh, who has a pilot boyfriend?"

The paperback edition of my book A PLACE OF OUR OWN: SIX SPACES THAT SHAPED QUEER WOMEN'S CULTURE will be available in the UK, Australia, etc., on June 5. Order now and get 25% off at the Virago store. Good through 11:59 on June 4! store.virago.co.uk/discount/PLA...

It's such an honor to be nominated for a Publishing Triangle award, especially this one, since Judy Grahn is a hero of mine! Thank you, @publishingtriangle.bsky.social!

For @glasgowbell.bsky.social, I wrote about Glasgow's @playpiepint.bsky.social, which produces more new plays than anywhere in Europe or North America--and serves a hell of a Scotch pie: www.glasgowbell.co.uk/glasgow-most...

More proof that Becca Rothfeld is America's best nonfiction book critic: www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

I really enjoyed talking to Cassidy Hunt about my book, A PLACE OF OUR OWN. Check out the interview at Sinister Wisdom: sinisterwisdom.org/node/909

You may not be shocked to learn that Elon Musk has egregiously misled the world about the Oldham grooming story. I've been reporting on it for years and so much of the noise traces back to one bad faith rabble rouser called Raja Miah. This is the real story. manchestermill.co.uk/p/elon-musk-...

Loved this book! “A Place of Our Own” by June Thomas is a must read! Really appreciated her effort to be inclusive and discuss trans and non binary issues along with the problems lesbians had finding our own places to exist in.

I had a lovely time chatting with Steve Metcalf and Dan Kois about Blitz, Get Millie Black, and influencer wars on this week's Culture Gabfest: slate.com/podcasts/cul...

Really lovely piece from @danigaravelli.bsky.social in the @glasgowbell.bsky.social about the tricky financial and emotional consequences of living on the edges of Glasgow's city limits: www.glasgowbell.co.uk/should-glasg...

With Haigh's departure from the cabinet, for the first time in our political history, the cabinet is 100% state educated. Quite the moment.

I swear, a product that seems to be exactly like this one is heavily advertised on UK television, and every viewing takes me one step closely to vegetarianism.

A book lover’s paradise opens in Edinburgh, this Thursday, and you’re invited! The Radical Book Fair transforms Assembly Roxy into a flea market of ideas both on stage & off: book stalls share the space with community groups, cosy nooks to read & sofas for conversations with pals.

Matt Gaetz was recently investigated by the Department of Justice for the sex trafficking of a minor. Now Trump has nominated him to lead the agency, transforming it into a weapon of vengeance against his opponents. However bad you think this is—it's worse. slate.com/news-and-pol...