Perfect distraction: My girl and Stevie continue to knock me off my feet

I’m a right lucky bugger and I don’t care if I’m gonna bore you with it. Something I never thought I’d ever really deserved happened to me almost 25 year ago and ever since that moment she came into my life this song is, well, everything. I still get butterflies. I still get a grin wider than my natural resting face can cope with every time I … Continue reading Perfect distraction: My girl and Stevie continue to knock me off my feet

Home Service’s LGBT+ History Month celebration continues on RadioReverb

Its time to celebrate with Wildblood and Queenie (and a certain househead called Jack) as Home Service returns to RadioReverb with the second of our LGBT+ History Month Specials. An hour of histrionic broadcasting like no other, Home Service will a personal celebration of the finest LGBT+ house music clubs as we salute those who inspired us to get behind the decks and all those clubbers that wiggled down … Continue reading Home Service’s LGBT+ History Month celebration continues on RadioReverb

Perfect Distraction: Oh Wonder All We Do

It may well be my never ending crush on Nicola Walker, it may be a proud honourary auntie moment (Wesley you never stop impressing me), it could be that haunting piano intro or it maybe just me being a sucker for the Brighton touch in the opening title sequence of ITV’s recent drama Unforgotten but I’ve fallen for Oh Wonder’s All We Do. Like I do. Oh Wonder’s … Continue reading Perfect Distraction: Oh Wonder All We Do

One Day Without Us

Just one question. Where would we be without them? I know where I would be. My wife wouldn’t be here because they wouldn’t be there to heal her. I wouldn’t have been abled to study for my degree. My cats wouldn’t be treated. My house wouldn’t be warm. My clubbing life wouldn’t be as rich or vibrant (or occasionally very random). Those late night beachside conversations would never happen. My … Continue reading One Day Without Us

Perfect Distraction: Walking with Eric Ravilious

Yesterday I fell for a guy called Eric. I knew nothing about him. But his thing for Dolly in 1934 and his adventures with Wedgewood have me hooked. His landscapes have made me fall in love with Sussex again as the new found walker in me is awakened once more by the wonders around me. And then I discovered his service as a WWII war artist before he died when … Continue reading Perfect Distraction: Walking with Eric Ravilious

A Perfect BPD Distraction on Time To Talk Day

One of the worst thing about living with Borderline Personality Disorder is the grinding depression, the darkness that for no reason descends upon my soul and takes root, leaving me cold to joy, feeling lost and utterly alone. Thankfully it isn’t a permanent fixture and I’ve learnt over the years to attempt to tackle it with distractions before it hits too deep with music always being … Continue reading A Perfect BPD Distraction on Time To Talk Day

Perfect distraction: Everyone needs a Wild Fantasy

Wild Fantasy. These two always ensure the wiggle whenever they hit the decks with their charming beats, disco fuelled ethics and infectious grins. Add the occasional shiny disco cloak and you have Brighton’s finest disc spinning superheroes.  Catch them at Patterns delivering the kind of resident quality few clubs can boast of throughout the forthcoming year and, well, all will be good. Just like this mix. A … Continue reading Perfect distraction: Everyone needs a Wild Fantasy

John Hurt: Spending my life admiring the man

It was a repeat, I wasn’t the first, and it was way past my bedtime. But the night I first watched John Hurt’s performance in A Naked Civil Servant something clicked inside my adolescent head. Being queer was no longer a lonely path. Being queer (and oh so fabulous) was something to aspire to, no matter how fraught the journey. Sure your portrayal of Quentin Crisp wasn’t exactly … Continue reading John Hurt: Spending my life admiring the man