A moderately interesting article, Campaign to pardon the last witch, jailed as a threat to Britain at war, rather weakened by a failure to understand what the Witchcraft Act of 1735 actually was - 'a person who pretended to have the power to call up spirits, or foretell the future, or cast spells, or discover the whereabouts of stolen goods was to ( Read more... )

Philip Hensher on MPs and admitting or concealing gayness, and Andy Beckett on being gay in the Commons (House of, though does include anecdotes about cruising on Clapham of the ilk). Distinguished by her absence (and it is all pretty much about gay men) from these accounts is Maureen Colquhoun, who, however unwilling her outing, does predate ( Read more... )

In recently declassified files in The National Archives, How the air force kept secret watch to track down lesbians:
A secret "observation list" of women engaged in "suspected unnatural female friendships" was maintained for more than 40 years by the Women's Royal Air Force, according to Whitehall files released at the National Archives ( Read more... )