Tag: LGBT

The Ward in the News

The chapel’s first photography exhibition, The Ward, has been featured and reviewed online and in print. This has included Wallpaper, British Journal of Photography and AnOther Magazine. BBC News also ran a feature.

23 Nov 201711 Nov 2023

Tour The Ward with Gideon Mendel

Join photographer Gideon Mendel for a walk through his exhibition, The Ward, at The Fitzrovia Chapel on Sunday 12 November at 14:30. In1993, Gideon Mendel spent a number of weeks photographing the Broderip and Charles Bell wards in London’s Middlesex Hospital as part of the ‘Positive Lives’ project. The Broderip was the first AIDS ward in...

8 Nov 201711 Nov 2023

The Ward: No More Secrets

The Ward: No More Secrets When I first saw Gideon Mendel’s photographs (part of The Ward exhibition) of John, Stephen, Ian and André, I thought how beautiful they are, and how brave. The pictures were taken in 1993, the same year a friend of mine died. He was an Irish artist. I wouldn’t ever have...

19 Oct 201711 Nov 2023

#GreatGayBuildings

This year marks 50 years since homosexuality was decriminalised. The media is flooded with remembrances and there are many arts and cultural highlights which will mark the decriminalisation and events around it.  As ever, Channel Four observed this important milestone with a series of dynamic, relevant and inclusive programmes. I watched #GreatGayBuildings with interest. I...

28 Jun 201714 Nov 2023
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