Queer inheritance, politics and opera – writing 'Bermondsey, 1983'

Robert Reid Allan
Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Homophobia surrounded the 1983 Bermondsey by-election. Robert Reid Allan's true-story opera looks at this landmark in queer history and questions how far we have still to go

Scottish composer Robert Reid Allan
Scottish composer Robert Reid Allan

Photo: Ruby Dixon

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