Curators and writers come together in a creative seance to summon up the gay past - from Babylonian Ishtar, to Oscar and Orton - and to help you to find your own literary voice. Everyone welcome.
FREE WORKSHOPS AT LONDON MUSEUMS
Joe Orton Workshop, Thurs 2nd Dec 6.30 - 8pm
Islington Museum
Curator Cheryl Smith shows some of the original book covers famously defaced by Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell. Followed by an Orton-inspired writing workshop with Phil Setren.
Out of the Archives workshop, Sat 4th Dec, 2.30 - 4pm
London Metropolitan Archives
Come for the workshop, or attend the whole LGBT history day Creative writing based on LGBT archives - writer/workshop leader tba.
LGBT history blogging, Sat 8th Jan, 1.30 - 3.30pm
Museum of London
Find out where gay histories are hidden in plain sight at the Museum of London, share tips with London's history bloggers, and try your hand at some off the cuff history reportage.
'A Great Unrecorded History' - LGBT objects, Thurs 20th Jan, 1.15 - 3.15pm
British Museum
Curator Richard Parkinson gives an illustrated talk about dozens of LGBT-themed objects in the British Museum - from Ancient Egypt and Babylon to 19th century Native American society.
Just come for the talk, or stay for a workshop with Cheryl Smith and turn what you see into verse.
The Yokel's Preceptor, Mon 24th Jan, 6.15 - 7.45pm
British Library
19th century pornographer, publisher and jailbird William Dugdale wrote the Yokel's Preceptor as a guide to gay cruising spots of Victorian London - very thinly disguised as a terrible warning to countryfolk. Librarian Bart Smith shows us one of the two surviving copies of the book; author and Chroma Journal founding editor Shaun Levin leads a workshop in retro titillation.
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