Catherine Pope reviewed my book, Fanny & Stella, on her blog recently. Here are some of the best bits about me! “McKenna’s writing style is unashamedly camp as his subjects, but it suits the book perfectly, giving a sense of their exuberance and vivacity. His genuine enthusiasm and affection for the subject is evident on …
Tag Archive: camp
Apr 15
Interview with Future Radio and Nick Cordingly
I was interviewed recently on the Pride Live Show by Nick Cordingly of Future Radio about Fanny & Stella. You can listen to a recording here. We talk about how I came to write the book, cross dressing and gay history.
Feb 13
You can NEVER have too much camp…
After the launching of Fanny & Stella at Wolff Olins in King’s Cross, the London Evening Standard dropped a couple of lines into the paper… Biographer Neil McKenna launched Fanny & Stella at Wolff Olins in King’s Cross last night, the story of the notorious Victorian drag queens. “I don’t think you can ever …
Jan 24
Great drag queens of their day – A review of Fanny & Stella by John Preston, London Evening Standard
A review appeared in the London Evening Standard today. John Preston says of the Fanny & Stella You would need to be a very dull — or prim — dog indeed not to find this a terrifically entertaining story. Neil McKenna has thrown himself into it with unfettered glee. If the opportunity arises to describe …
