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Interview with Quentin Crisp April 1996

David Benson Posted by David Benson at 06:51 AM on February 02, 2009 Comments comments (5)

QUENTIN CRISP ARTICLE FOR GAY SCOTLAND
BY DAVID BENSON, 1996




If you are ever lucky enough to find yourself on the island of Manhattan and, having climbed the World Trade Center, and descended the subway, you are still hungry for an unforgettable experience, take the New York phonebook, turn to 'C' for Crisp, Quentin, and give him a ring. If he i...

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A Night With Dame Edna

David Benson Posted by David Benson at 11:33 AM on January 28, 2009 Comments comments (3)

First published on myspace 10th April 2007



My Life With Dame Edna
There's something I really need to talk to you about: I have a Barry Humphries complex. It is all tied up with my own life-long urge to entertain on stage and it manifests itself in the form of vivid dreams. I usually suffer these dreams when I am planning some new show of my own or am otherw...

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How We Got The Last Pictures from Inside Kenneth William's Flat

David Benson Posted by David Benson at 11:20 AM on January 28, 2009 Comments comments (7)

Blog first published on myspace 3rd May 2007


How we got the last photos from inside Kenneth William's flat


Marlborough House, Osnaburgh Street in April 1988 after Kenneth's death

Did you know they are about to knock down Kenneth Williams' last flat? The one on Osnaburgh Street that he moved into on 3rd August 1972 and died in some ...

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