Why I’m leaving England — Derived from the Greek for wound, trauma is closely associated with acts of explicit violence or disturbance. Sexual assault, physical and mental cruelty, alcoholism, and eviction from one’s home are watertight examples of what one would accept without question as traumatising experiences. …

Livestream event will raise a lacquer-nailed middle finger — Queer people have long been forced into corners — and closets — on account of who we are, and for refusing to integrate into heteronormative society. …

An artistic approach to advertising — Keeping one’s head above water has proven to be a significant challenge over the past year, even when just looking out for oneself. Trying to keep an entire business afloat, however, is a whole other matter with the livelihood of your team on the line as much as your own…

Interview with Co-Chair of Proud FT — As the world’s leading publisher of economic and political journalism, Financial Times is fundamentally a global entity. Every headline is the product of a reporting network that spans every continent, collecting insights from a diverse range of sources. If each interviewee can be seen as threads within the tapestry of…

Crypto and the queer economy — The loudest voices and strongest changemakers often emerge from the sidelines. In their efforts to be recognised and represented, and by dint of their diminished population, minority groups are required to surmount far greater hardships than most. After all, the modern LGBTQ+ movement can trace its roots back to a…

Surviving the ’90s and why coming out isn’t like flipping a switch — For Bromley-born comedian Tom Allen, the fantasy world inside his head was always much more appealing place than the suburban “middle place” where he grew up. While Cool Brittania ruled the airwaves, Tom spent much of the mid-90s buried in his diaries and the celluloid dreamscape of Fred Astaire movies…

Reflections from the double Oscar nominee — WHETHER ON THE EDITING SOFTWARE OF A HOME STUDIO OR IN FRONT OF A 90-PIECE ORCHESTRA, the magic of making music always begins inside somebody’s head. From the rattling of a few chords on a piano, or the tunes hummed aloud in the shower, it is often the most unassuming…

Out, damned Trump! — January 19th, 2021 Tomorrow sees the end, Tomorrow we call time; The siege is as its close, and now we draw the line. Four long years of fear, an eternal term of hate, — Was it really all that Great? …

How to embrace the unexpected, and why you should — AT THE AGE OF EIGHT, I WAS MOVED TO ENGLAND WITH MY MUM, my older brother, and my British stepdad. It is where I have now lived for over fifteen years, but I often return to Australia for long holidays, and, between September 2015 and May 2016, I undertook a…