My published writing for GUAP Magazine, the home of emerging creatives.

Take Me to the River: New Orleans (documentary review and Q&A)

In November 2021, the exclusive debut UK screening of Take Me To The River – New Orleanstook place at the May Fair Hotel in London as part of the Raindance Film Festival. A Q&A followed the screening with the film director Martin Shore, Jerry Harrison from Talking Heads, Ian Neville from Dumpstaphunk, Big Chief Bo Dollis jr and Big Queen Rita from The Wild Magnolias, the Mardi Gras Indian tribe who also perform as a funk act from New Orleans. The Q&A was chaired by DJ Lil’ Koko from Jazz FM, host of ‘The Big Easy’.

Deep Zmith: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures by Adam Zmith (book review)

In this book, Adam Zmith explores the rising popularity of the use of poppers in the queer community through time. The result of this astute enquiry into the history of amyl nitrite is something quite special, as Zmith’s book becomes coined, rightfully so, a manifesto for pleasure.