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manuscript of the novel Dive Boy by Daniel Barnes

An extract from my first novel

Luke drops out of uni, befriends his cocaine dealer, and gets a boyfriend. Everything’s going so, at least until well until it starts going wrong.


3, January 2024 0

In the Midst of Life, Morrissey is in Debt, etcetera

As a lifelong Morrissey fan, it has become difficult in recent years to defend him and even more difficult to like him. Now it seems like as if there is no going back because the music that he constantly plays says nothing to me about my life.


28, August 2023 0
front cover for sounds like fun by bryan morarity published by hodder queer books

Bryan Moriarty, Sounds Like Fun – review

A funny, heart-warming story about what happens when a pair of twentysomethings embark on an open relationship.


30, March 2023 0

Conor Sneyd, Future Fish – review

An energetic caper about a young man who finds himself caught up in his colleagues’ various hairbrained schemes and conspiracy theories. 


7, March 2023 0
front cover for love leda by mark hyatt published by peninsula press queer books

Mark Hyatt, ‘Love, Leda’ – review

Review of Mark Hyatt’s previously unpublished, recently discovered queer novel


16, February 2023 0
front cover for sounds like fun by bryan morarity published by hodder queer books

Best Queer Books of 2023 – guide to the most exciting, vibrant fiction and nonfiction

Best queer books fiction and nonfiction books coming up in 2023


30, January 2023 0

Pure Painting – 100-word Review of Sam Gilliam: Late Paintings

Review of Sam Gilliam Late Paintings exhibition at Pace gallery by Daniel Barnes


30, October 2022 0

Familiar Faces

It’s a Wednesday night and I’m at the gym at the same time I’m normally at the gym on a weekday night. The same people as usual are doing the same workouts they normally do. The hulk with tree-trunk legs and a wispy goatee, known only as RTA on account of his endless stream of…
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22, July 2022 0

Shifting Perspectives – review

Leeds Art Gallery, 27 May – 30 October 2022 Leeds art collection was initially built on the spoils of slavery and exploitation. In this ground-breaking show, curator Laura Claveria sets out to ask some hard questions and to hear some difficult answers about how those communities and cultures, who are so essential to Leeds’ success,…
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11, July 2022 0

In Conversation with Daniel James

Hanna ten Doornkaat x Daniel James: Ezra Maas Nothing is More Real than Nothing, Gallery 46, Whitechapel, 11 June 2022 Daniel and I discussed the new edition of his book, The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas, Hanna’s accompanying exhibition, the difficulties of evading the Maas Foundation, art and value, and taking risks as a writer.…
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14, June 2022 0