Desmond Bullen Archives

The Secret Public, LGBTQ Pop 1955–1985, John Rylands, Manchester

Enriqueta Rylands would have been proud. On the 125th anniversary of the opening of the library...

Posted by Desmond Bullen | May 18, 2025 | Art, Arts

Fittingly, it’s been there from the start. Salford’s Lowry theatre and gallery is...

Posted by Desmond Bullen | May 5, 2025 | Art, Arts

Things aren’t always going to be this way. What is taken for granted today may be...

Posted by Desmond Bullen | May 1, 2025 | Arts, Books

All times are precarious. Like the planks and girders of a seaside pier, the path beneath...

I don’t remember The Bollweevils. An assiduous reader of the music press, for all that both...