Come join us at our Circa-Club monthly events including Drinks Parties & Art Exhibitions. Social Events for 200+ gay professional men and their friends in central London. Complimentary Glass of Wine on arrival. Click for more details
Gain a Queer Perspective on our Collection with guest artist Tim Redfern and his special guest Matthew Todd as they discuss portraits which have a personal resonance. Queer Perspectives is a quarterly happening where guests identifying as LGBTQI respond to the Gallerys Collection. Matthew Todd is the out-going editor of the UKs best selling gay magazine, Attitude, for which he has been twice nominated as Mens Magazine Editor of the Year by the British Society of Magazine Editors. He is the author of the play Blowing Whistles, which has played 2 sell out 5 week runs in Sydney, Australia and in Melbourne, Adelaide, Manchester, Boston, Fire Island, and Fort Lauderdale. It has had 3 month long London runs including at the Leicester Square Theatre in 2008, where it was given 4 star reviews for the Evening Standard, The Spectator, The Stage, The Sunday Express and Time Out, which made it Critics Choice for two weeks running. His first book, Straight Jacket, is published by Bantam Press.
Tickets : £ Free Tickets
Address : National Portrait Gallery
St. Martin's Pl
London
WC2H 0HE
Telephone : 020 7306 0055
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- 01 Jan – E. M. Forster (1879–1970), English novelist & short story writer
- 01 Jan – James Hormel (1933–2021), American philanthropist, LGBT activist & former U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg
- 01 Jan – Joe Orton (1933–1967), English playwright
- 02 Jan – William Haines (1900–1973), American film actor & interior designer
- 04 Jan – Michael Stipe (1960–), American singer
- 04 Jan – Gianni Vattimo (1936–2023), Italian philosopher, politician & MEP
- 06 Jan – Gábor Szetey (1968–), Hungarian politician & former Secretary of State
- 07 Jan – Christian Louboutin (1963–), French footwear designer
- 07 Jan – Chester Kallman (1921–1975), American poet, librettist & translator
- 07 Jan – Michael Sam (1990–), American football player, first publicly gay player drafted by the NFL
- 08 Jan – Jack Andraka (1997–), American inventor, scientist & cancer researcher
- 08 Jan – Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence & Avondale (1864–1892), English royalty
- 10 Jan – Sal Mineo (1939–1976), American actor
- 12 Jan – Kieron Richardson (1986–), English actor
- 13 Jan – Charles Nelson Reilly (1931–2007), American actor, comedian & director
- 13 Jan – Edmund White (1940–), American author
- 13 Jan – Nate Silver (1978–), American statistician, journalist & writer
- 14 Jan – Cecil Beaton (1904–1980), English fashion & portrait photographer
- 18 Jan – Cary Grant (1904–1986), English actor
- 18 Jan – Mike Michaud (1955–), American Democratic congressman (Maine)
- 18 Jan – Seamus O'Regan (1971–), Canadian broadcast journalist & politician
- 18 Jan – Maulik Pancholy (1974–), American actor
- 21 Jan – Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895–1972), Spanish fashion designer
- 21 Jan – Christian Dior (1905–1957), French fashion designer
- 22 Jan – Sir Francis Bacon (1561–1626), English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, essayist & author
- 22 Jan – Lord Byron (1788–1824), British poet & leading figure in Romanticism
- 24 Jan – Hadrian (76–138), Roman Emperor
- 25 Jan – W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965), English playwright, novelist & short story writer
- 27 Jan – Eric Radford (1985–), Canadian pairs figure skater, 2015 World Champion
- 29 Jan – Greg Louganis (1960–), American Olympic diver & author
- 30 Jan – Stewart McKinney (1931–1987), American politician, Republican congressman (Connecticut)
- 30 Jan – Howard Sturgis (1855–1920), English writer
- 31 Jan – Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt (1863–1922), British politician
