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Highlights
When and where?
History Talk & Tours; February 1, 8, 15 and 22, 6 pm
Take Desire Away performance; February 23, 6.30 pm
at the Charterhouse, Clerkenwell near Barbican and Farringdon
Time Out says
The Charterhouse celebrates its very first LGBT+ History Month by inviting you to learn a previously hidden story about this historic almshouse through its resident-led programme. From its foundation as a medieval monastery until 2017, when women were first admitted as residents, the Charterhouse was a predominantly male community. Many who found a haven in the almshouse were gay men who had no family to look after them in their older years. The Charterhouse community became their family of choice. The LGBT+ History Month programme aims to bring to light these stories which feature historic governors such as the leading Jacobean intellectual Francis Bacon, Lord St Alban and George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. In addition, Mansel David revives his acclaimed show about A.E. Houseman, bringing a clear, queer eye to his performance of Housman’s words – both his wistful poems and very funny letters – and discovers the yearning and passion burning beneath them. For hundreds of years and until relatively recently, the Charterhouse held an almost unique position in British society by caring for many gay men when they were no longer able to care for themselves. Join this programme for an informative and enjoyable first step into the story of the Charterhouse.
Need to know
The Charterhouse, Barbican
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