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Gay Life in Greece
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A Sense of Loss. Now We Are Pope. Tadzio Speaks . . . Athens, March 2010:. But these are superficial changes and so much is familiar the stylishly dressed men and women who gossip in the cafes of upmarket Kolonaki; the narrow streets of two-storey houses, small bars and general neglect in poorer neighbourhoods; local shops in place of the chains that litter London; bookshops and small theatres scattered here, there and everywhere (one offered a double bill of. What the Butler Saw. I had lost myself somew...
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Martin Foreman: Opinion Columns 2001 - 2004
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A Sense of Loss. Now We Are Pope. Tadzio Speaks . . . ARCHIVED OPINION COLUMNS: 2004. This section comprises the columns I wrote on a wide range of issues between 2001 and 2004. The columns I wrote between 2005 and 2009, when my focus was atheism, can be found on godwouldbeanatheist.com. The columns I wrote on gay life around the world (much fewer now that I have settled back in the UK) can be found here. Kerry Will Restore American Dignity. Mass hysteria in the USA. I have a feeling I know your adoptive...
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A View from the Edge
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A Sense of Loss. Now We Are Pope. Tadzio Speaks . . . I don't think my private life is important, and I'm not very interested in the private lives of the rich, famous or talented. I don't know where Ralph Fiennes was born or how many wives he has had and I don't need that information to appreciate his talents as an actor. The fact that Eric Blair / George Orwell died of tuberculosis is incidental to the overwhelming power of. In the mid-1980s I wrote regular reviews for the. In 1986 I began a 20-year per...
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Oblivion by Martin Foreman
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A Sense of Loss. Now We Are Pope. Tadzio Speaks . . . A Sense of Loss. Gay Men's Press, 1993. This story should be familiar to anyone who knows the story of the Flying Dutchman. I dropped anchor a hundred yards from shore, weary yet reluctant to be near land once more. I do not know how long I had been at sea. Weeks certainly, months perhaps. Sailing slowly round Africa, I had glimpsed the continent from afar but never wanted to approach; there was pain there and I bore too much pain of my own. Probably,...
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A View from the Edge: Gay World
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A Sense of Loss. Now We Are Pope. Tadzio Speaks . . . Third House, 1990. A Sense of Loss. Gay Men's Press, 2002. Paradise Press, 2002. Panos / Zed, 1999. Healthlink Worldwide / Panos, 2002. International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2003. The above is a selection of my publications on HIV in the last. Twenty years. For a full list of titles. On this subject, click here. My stories have been published in the following and other magazines. And the following and other anthologies. Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities.
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A View from the Edge: Martin Foreman: bookseller, theatre director & producer, writer
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A Sense of Loss. Now We Are Pope. Tadzio Speaks . . . Following our strong showing in Lochgelly (below), I am pleased to be directing. The Rose and Crown. At the Edinburgh Fringe this year. 910pm, 22 - 27 August. TheSpace on Niddry Street (Venue 9). Info and tickets: Arbery Productions. Close to the Bone. A short film from writer/director Kevin Pickering and producer Lewis Wardrop. Accepting the third-place award for the Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group ("The Grads")'s production of J B Priestley's.
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Martin Foreman: A Sense of Loss
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A Sense of Loss. Now We Are Pope. Tadzio Speaks . . . A Sense of Loss. Gay Men's Press, 1993. Accomplished, literate, dignified, deeply felt. A Sense of Loss. Thomas Mann's classic story Death in Venice. Describes the obsession felt by the aging Aschenbach for the adolescent Tadzio, whom he sees daily but never speaks to. Mann gives us deep insights into Aschenbach's mind, but the youth remains a cypher. In the title story of this collection, we hear Tadzio's voice. Tadzio Speaks . . . A Sense of Loss.
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Smoke by Martin Foreman
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A Sense of Loss. Now We Are Pope. Tadzio Speaks . . . This story, which was written before the ban on smoking in public places came into effect, won a minor award in 2001. It appears in a September 2003 anthology of ghost stories, Queer Haunts. Smokers may experience a particular shiver as they read. Friday. Half past seven on an autumn evening. A bar in the city, one of a chain, pine floors, Irish script and bar staff in white and black. Words and laughter echoing, multiplying, ricocheting. The table, a...
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The Butterfly's Wing by Martin Foreman
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A Sense of Loss. Now We Are Pope. Tadzio Speaks . . . Gay Men's Press, 1996. Unique and memorable. .highly recommended.". GLBT Round Table of the American Library Assocation. No one will be able to read this book and remain unmoved". A powerful piece of fiction . filled with multidimensional characters, emotion and wonderful descriptions. An absolutely amazing love story . fascinating". Remarkable . a riveting tale". You don't know how much that first evening meant to me. I was twenty-six years old, ...
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The Benefactor, by Martin Foreman
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A Sense of Loss. Now We Are Pope. Tadzio Speaks . . . Produced Los Angeles, 1995. Martin Foreman] has been able to transcend the color barrier to attain universality by cogently depicting the joys, doubts, and pains existing in all human relationships". Los Angeles Village View. I have been lucky in that my books have received four to five good to excellent reviews for each one that's critical. But, with one exception, reviewers hated The Benefactor. It's not what I want. It's too predictable. There'...
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