Robert and Helen
Pretty much all my childhood, my mother worked weekends, and on weekends I wasn't seeing my father or his family,...
Thom and Vincent
It begins. 2018 is not for messing about; we're getting on with it, cutting oldo the chase. With that in...
Harry and Ivan
Today is my birthday. I am 42. I don't really know what to say about this turn of events. I...
Michael and Tom
It's an impossibly beautiful morning as I sit writing this. The sky is perhaps the bluest it has been for...
Alexandra the Great: In defence of Alexandra Burke
How do you solve a problem like Alexandra? Maybe she isn't the problem. I was bullied at school. I may...
My awkward love affair with Christmas
It’s like Stockholm syndrome of some kind, perhaps, my fondness for Christmas. I say “fondness” in total denial of what...
Gareth and Alice
There are some headlines you just don't want to click on, aren't there? "Man finds maggot in bar of Wispa...
And the winner is…
I've always loved awards shows, both watching them on TV and, on very few occasions, attending them. I have stayed...
Dilemma: My partner is too close to his mother
It's the old gay cliché about being a mama's boy, but what happens when Mommie Dearest gets a little too...
Max and Thomas
If this week has taught us anything – and that's a big if – it's that your past catches up...































