Paper Lives

One Gay Day in Marylebone: The Champion Pub Trial

Let us know what you think! [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12abFRkqXNDcWdVVz9nzv37iHakjo4QpI_IhhMQ5ygII/] Check out our website! [https://paperlivespodcast.wordpress.com] In this episode of Paper Lives, we will be visiting London in 1972, a hotbed for countercultural icons, diverse viewpoints and, at this point, very congested roads. Here we will grab a pint at the Champion Pub in trendy Notting Hill, where we will meet the Gay Liberation figure Andrew Lumsden. After an altercation at the pub, our journey will take us to the local magistrate’s court, where we will hear a rather unique case. Within the pages of the local “straight” press and the Gay countercultural press, we will assume both an insider and outsider position to better understand the challenges faced by London’s gay community at this vital point in history.

James Nehemiah Taylor: A Queer Journey

⁠Let us know what you think!⁠ [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12abFRkqXNDcWdVVz9nzv37iHakjo4QpI_IhhMQ5ygII/] ⁠Check out our website!⁠ [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12abFRkqXNDcWdVVz9nzv37iHakjo4QpI_IhhMQ5ygII/] In this episode of Paper Lives, we will take to the high seas of 1809 and meet naval surgeon James Nehemiah Taylor. This otherwise unknown figure speaks through the fragile and hostile pages of the past, providing a vital and rare glimpse of queer self-understanding in an environment of silence, repression and elimination.

The Bell Tolls for the Toll: The Freeing of Staines Bridge

⁠Let us know what you think!⁠ [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12abFRkqXNDcWdVVz9nzv37iHakjo4QpI_IhhMQ5ygII/] ⁠⁠Check out our website!⁠⁠ [https://paperlivespodcast.wordpress.com] On one heady Saturday in the March of 1871, years of campaigning to remove the toll from the bridge came to fruition, and the jubilation and frenzy that came from such a simple act tells us much of the development of local identity, civic pride and the importance of the right to roam at this vital juncture in British political history.

Paper Lives Trailer

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Acting Out: Benjamin Curgerpersong and the Black Edwardians

⁠Let us know what you think!⁠ [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12abFRkqXNDcWdVVz9nzv37iHakjo4QpI_IhhMQ5ygII/] ⁠ [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12abFRkqXNDcWdVVz9nzv37iHakjo4QpI_IhhMQ5ygII/ Check out our website: https://paperlivespodcast.wordpress.com/]⁠⁠Check out our website!⁠⁠ [https://paperlivespodcast.wordpress.com] In this episode of Paper Lives, we trace the remarkable life of Benjamin Curgerpersong, an African-American actor born into slavery and only known to us via the fragile pages of the West London press. Here we go back to the turn of the 20th century and discover the vibrant yet small black community of entertainers and actors that was emerging when Benjamin made the decision to come to Britain.