Category Archives: Charlie Porter

A Queer Tomorrow: Manto

Posted on September 24, 2022 by wordsandpictures2016

Watching the BBC documentary series on Julia Grant’s trans journey from 1979/1980 from the vantage point of 2021, you could be forgiven for thinking that the world at that time was a much darker place: the streets are dark and … Continue reading →

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bookhaul, june 2021

Posted on July 3, 2021 by wordsandpictures2016

Tents in Mongolia – Henning Haslund Another of my beloved Puffins, number 10, from 1943, in the original Penguin books ‘house’ style, before book specific design took over. Real Estate – Deborah Levy. The final part of Levy’s ‘Living Autobiography’ … Continue reading →

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holiday reading, june 2021

Posted on June 30, 2021 by wordsandpictures2016

So, a quieter holiday than in recent years was spent in Llandudno in the north Wales coast. It is a beautiful town, with a frontal vista which to my mind matches the crescent in Bath any day. We stayed in … Continue reading →

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