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.
Tag Archive: gay men
Mar 18
Reviewed: Fanny & Stella – The Young Men in Women’s Clothes by Juliet Jacques, NewStatesman
Neil McKenna’s book revisits one of Victorian Britain’s most explosive trials. The Charge of Personating Women Yesterday afternoon the Bow-street Police-court and its approaches were literally besieged by the public, owing to the re-examination of the two young men, Ernest Boulton aged 22 of 43, Shirland-road, Paddington, and Frederick William Park, aged 23, …
Mar 05
Excellent Review for Fanny & Stella in Lambda Literary by Cheryl Morgan
The following review was posted on 03. Mar, 2013 by Cheryl Morgan, Lambda Literary in Bio/Memoir, Reviews. It is a very thoughtful, well-written and fair review. Cheryl has obviously picked up every nuance of the book. When we think of Victorian England we tend to assume a moral code that was as tightly laced as …
Feb 14
Another fantastic review for Fanny and Stella – Wildely Ahead of Their Times
Gay City News published a review on February 13th by Doug Ireland. Here are the best bits: “Boulton and Park have been brought to life again in a riveting new book published last week in London by the venerable publishing house of Faber and Faber. “Fanny and Stella: The Young Men Who Shocked …
Feb 06
Fanny and Stella on Radio 3 Night Waves with Matthew Sweet
On 4th February, I was a guest on BBC 3’s flagship arts programme, Night Waves. talking with Matthew Sweet about Fanny and Stella, chirruping and the invention of camp, among other things! You can listen to the podcast here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/r3arts
Jan 23
Interview on Radio 4, the Today Programme with Evan Davies
In the morning of January 22nd I appeared on the Radio 4 Today programme where I was interviewed by Evan Davies about Fanny and Stella, my latest book. You can listen to a recording further down the page. Here is a transcript of that interview: Radio 4 Today Programme broadcast on 22nd January at 6:53 …
Jan 21
Sunday Times Book Review by Dominic Sandbrook for Fanny and Stella
I was delighted to have Fanny and Stella reviewed by Dominic Sandbrook in the book section of The Sunday Times on January 20th 2013. Here are some of the best bits! ‘This rollicking account of the trial of two middle-class cross-dressers unveils one of the most extraordinary legal dramas of the Victorian age.’ …
