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Polari Literary Salon: Festival of Love - Southbank Centre

Join LGBT literary salon Polari as it launches into Festival of Love with amorous intent. Sophia Blackwells first poetry collection Into Temptation was published in 2009 and her novel After My Own Heart in 2012. Her poetry has been anthologised by Bloodaxe, Nine Arches and the Emma Press, and she has performed at major festivals such as Latitude and Glastonbury. In 2014 she was named one of the Top Ten Young British Poets You Should Know About. Tonight she performs poems from her new collection The Fire-Eater's Lover, published by Burning Eye. Bringing together scraps of prayers, rejection letters, marriage proposals ands medical questionnaires, The Fire-Eater's Lover is a three-ring circus of illicit passions, moments of joy and love both lost and found. Also featuring this evening are the celebrated words of Chris Neil, Tehmina Kazi, Richard Scott and Susannah Heffernan, with all authors reading from their latest works. For nine years, the London-based LGBT literary salon Polari has showcased the best in emerging and established testimony to queer hearts and lives. Described by the Huffington Post in 2014 as The most exciting literary movement in London... crackling with energy, ideas and excitement, Polari is curated and hosted by author and journalist Paul Burston. It won LGBT Cultural Event of the Year in The Co-operatives Respect Loved by You Awards 2013. Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall

Tickets : £ 5 Tickets

Address : Southbank Centre
Belvedere Road
London
SE1 8XX

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  • 01 Mar – Lytton Strachey (1880–1932), British writer & critic
  • 02 Mar – Matthew Mitcham (1988–), Australian diver
  • 03 Mar – Perry Ellis (1940–1986), American fashion designer
  • 03 Mar – Xavier Bettel (1973–), Prime Minister of Luxembourg
  • 04 Mar – Chaz Bono (1969–), American advocate, writer & musician
  • 04 Mar – Svend Robinson (1952–), Canadian former politician, 1st first openly gay Canadian Member of Parliament
  • 05 Mar – Matt Lucas (1974–), English actor, comedian, writer & tv presenter.
  • 05 Mar – Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975), Italian poet, intellectual, film director & writer
  • 06 Mar – Charles I of Württemberg (1823–1891), German aristocrat, King of Wurttemberg
  • 06 Mar – Francis Alick Howard OBE (1917–1992), English actor & comedian, better known by his stage-name Frankie Howerd
  • 07 Mar – Sir Henry Channon (1897–1958), British Conservative Member of Parliament
  • 07 Mar – Bret Easton Ellis (1964–), American novelist, screenwriter & short story writer
  • 09 Mar – Lord Ivor Mountbatten (1963–), British aristocrat, farmer, geologist & businessman
  • 09 Mar – Richard Adams (1947–2012), Filipino-American gay rights activist
  • 09 Mar – Samuel Barber (1910–1981), American composer
  • 09 Mar – Will Geer (1902–1978), American actor & social activist
  • 11 Mar – John Barrowman (1967–), British-American actor, author, presenter, singer & comic book writer. Known for his roles in Torchwood & Dr Who
  • 11 Mar – Christopher Rice (1978–), American writer
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  • 12 Mar – Vaslav Nijinsky (1890–1950), Russian ballet dancer & choreographer
  • 12 Mar – Edward Albee (1928–), American playwright
  • 13 Mar – Armistead Maupin (1944–), American writer
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  • 15 Mar – Kwame Harris (1982–), Jamaican-born American football player
  • 15 Mar – Amir Ohana (1976–), Israeli lawyer & politician
  • 16 Mar – Donal Óg Cusack (1977–), Irish hurling goalkeeper
  • 16 Mar – Jon Hinson (1942–1995), American politician, former Republican congressman (Mississippi) (1979–1981)
  • 17 Mar – Alexander McQueen (1969–2010), British fashion designer
  • 18 Mar – Stanley Bennett Clay (1950–), American writer, publisher, novelist, director & actor
  • 18 Mar – Wilfred Owen (1893–1918), British wartime poet
  • 22 Mar – Stephen Sondheim (1930–2021), American composer/lyricist. VIP in 20thC musical theater
  • 23 Mar – Joseph C. Leyendecker (1874–1951), German-born American illustrator
  • 23 Mar – Prince Felix Yusupov (1887–1967), Russian aristocrat
  • 24 Mar – Bob Mackie (1940–), American fashion designer
  • 24 Mar – Jim Parsons (1973–), American actor & producer
  • 25 Mar – Elton John (1947–), English singer-songwriter, composer & pianist
  • 26 Mar – A. E. Housman (1859–1936), English classical scholar & poet
  • 26 Mar – Rev Richard Coles FRSA FKC (1962–), English musician, journalist, radio presenter & C of E parish priest in Northamptonshire
  • 28 Mar – Sir Dirk Bogarde (1921–1999), English actor, novelist & screenwriter. Born Derek Niven van den Bogaerde
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  • 31 Mar – Richard Chamberlain (1934–), American actor
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  • 31 Mar – Sir Alan James Carter Duncan KCMG (1957–), British Conservative Party politician who served as Minister of State for International Development (2010–2014), Minister of State for Europe & the Americas (2016–2019)

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