Tag: Lgbt Records and researchBillie’s Club: Queer club culture in 1930s LondonTuesday 25 February 2020Billie’s Club, run by club proprietor Billie Joyce, was located on 6 Little Denmark...Records and researchThe Shim Sham Club: ‘London’s miniature Harlem’Wednesday 5 February 2020Queer club culture in the 1930s was vibrant and varied, especially in the growing...Records and researchErnie and Geof: Love between menWednesday 20 November 2019In November 1920 the youthful Ernest [Ernie] Smyth was arrested. At 22 years old...Records and researchOscar Wilde: triumph, tragedy and exileThursday 14 June 2018In 1895 Oscar Wilde had two successful plays in the West End: ‘The Importance...Records and researchPolicing the powder puff in 1930s LondonTuesday 3 April 2018On the evening of Saturday 14 November 1936, 28 year old Arthur Agate –...Records and researchRecreating the Caravan: ‘London’s greatest bohemian rendezvous’Wednesday 27 September 2017March 2017: we were sipping 1930s-style cocktails in a small, packed room above Freud’s...Behind the scenesResearching LGBT+ history at The National ArchivesTuesday 8 August 2017LGBT+ history is often spoken of as a 'hidden history', but this phrase can...Records and researchThe passing of the 1967 Sexual Offences ActMonday 24 July 2017This Thursday marks a monumental moment: 50 years since homosexual acts between men were...Records and researchThe long road to reform: the Wolfenden reportThursday 20 July 2017The Cabinet appointed the Departmental Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution in order to...Archives and archivists1967 Sexual Offences Act: 50 years onWednesday 19 July 2017This Act of Parliament decriminalised homosexual acts between two men over the age of...Records and research‘London’s greatest bohemian rendezvous’: the Caravan ClubThursday 13 July 2017Our documents reveal a surprising openness around sexuality in a time before some homosexual...Behind the scenesBringing Oscar Wilde’s words to lifeTuesday 30 May 2017We have key documents in our collection relating to Wilde’s trial and imprisonment…...... 1 2 3 »