‘If the 1990s gave us New Queer Cinema, and the 2000s gave us mainstream successes, like Brokeback Mountain (2005), then what did we find in the 2010s? Of course, more mainstream entries like Love, Simon (2018) or Dallas Buyers Club (2013). There was the return, whether we liked it or not, of Queer Eye (aptly dropping ‘For The Straight Guy’ from its title) which showed…

Last night, as part of Storyhouse’s #OurNorth season, Jon Paul Roberts moderated a panel with novelist James Rice, poet Ian Walker, and novelist Danielle Jawando on the topic of Northern Indentity. The discussion followed a screening of Educating Rita (1983) and looked into issues surrounding class, industry, literature, and resilliance in the North. The event…