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Interview: Fiona Button of BBC series Lip Service

What to expect from series two of drama set in Glasgow lesbian culture

17 Apr 2012

For anyone who hasn’t seen it before – what’s Lip Service? It is a drama with a little bit of comedy, looking at the lives and loves of a group of women living in Glasgow. There’s so much to entertain you in the show. Although on the face of it the…

Brendan Brady meets a face from the past

TV Gossip

16 Feb 2011

'Hollyoaks' Brendan Brady's is to be pushed to the limit when a face from the past arrives in the village. The Irish bad boy - played by Emmett J. Scanlan - is left stunned when former friend Pete (Peter Mitchell) takes up a post as headteacher of…

EastEnders' Ben to come out as gay

TV Gossip

21 Jul 2011

EastEnders' Ben Mitchell is to reveal he is gay. The Walford teenager - played by Joshua Pascoe - will be seen kissing newcomer Duncan following a training session at the local gym but will go to desperate lengths to hide his sexuality from…

LGBT at the Edinburgh International Film Festival

11 Jun 2009

As ever, the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s ten-day showcase of screenings, talks, interviews and special events, there’s a decent sprinkling of films that are of particular interest to those of an LGBT persuasion. Those interested in a…

Will Young lives with a ghost

TV Gossip

4 Feb 2011

Will Young says he wasn't spooked filming new supernatural TV series 'Bedlam' because he lives with a ghost. The singer-and-actor plays IT expert Ryan McAllister in the Sky Living drama - which is about a haunted apartment block that used to be a…

Scottish comedian feels the wrath of students

2 Mar 2009

A TOP Scottish comedian has been branded a bully and banned from performing at Stirling University after jeering a transvestite in the audience of a recent gig. The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III, who is known for his politically incorrect humour…

Antony Cotton 'proud' of new Corrie contract

TV Gossip

28 Jul 2011

Antony Cotton is "proud" to have signed a new contract to stay on 'Coronation Street'. The actor, who plays openly gay factory worker Sean Tully in the ITV soap, took to twitter while watching an episode of 'The Corrie Years' about the story between…

John Barrowman defends Torchwood romp

TV Gossip

21 Jul 2011

John Barrowman has defended his controversial gay romp in 'Torchwood'. The actor - who plays racy bisexual Captain Jack Harkness in the BBC One drama - insists the scene in which his alter-ego enjoys a tryst with a hunky barman is not gratuitous…

Gay romp axed from Torchwood

TV Gossip

19 Jul 2011

John Barrowman's on-screen gay romp in 'Torchwood' has been axed. The actor plays racy bisexual Captain Jack Harkness in the BBC One drama and during one raunchy moment in the latest series, he enjoys a tryst with a hunky barman, which was due to go…

Evolve launch with Rhona Cameron

Edinburgh social networking event for gay professional ladies

18 Aug 2010

Come along and help to launch Evolve, a new regular social networking event for gay professional ladies and their friends. Stand-up comedian and author Rhona Cameron will be in attendance to assist with the celebrations. Revolution, Chambers Street…

The Celluloid Closet

16 Apr 2009

(15) 101min There’s a thorny dichotomy that’s been around almost as long as cinema itself: is it enough simply to see minorities on the silver screen, even if portrayed in an unflattering or offensive light? Or should Hollywood be quietly written…

Medium of the masses joins debate at Edinburgh Book Festival

Alan Bissett's Festival Blog

20 Aug 2008

17th August This morning I went to see Stella Duffy, Rodge Glass and Will Sutcliffe at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, promoting their new novels. Each reading was an assured affair, Duffy's in particular. Author discussion afterwards was…

Award-winning film returns to Edinburgh

19 Aug 2008

In 2001 I wrote an episode of the teen TV show As If which got a number of complaints, and the ITC felt obliged to get Channel 4 to issue an on-air apology. The offending scene? Two young lads were giving each other a massage, but the dialogue was…

Hard times - Gladder to be Gay?

Festival of Politics

22 Jul 2008

Simon Callow is heading our way with both Stonewall and Dickens on his mind. Anna Millar chats to one of theatre’s hardest working men about his love of acting and support for gay rights Mere minutes out of London rehearsals for The Magic Flute and…