Leslie Kerwin

My name is Leslie Kerwin, I’m a third-year Multimedia Journalism student based in Manchester, currently working as a freelance journalist.

I speak Spanish, and am currently learning Teeline shorthand.

Quays Life •

REVIEW: Kind of Love

The concept of ‘it’s not gay if’ has long been a foundational philosophy to humanity’s evolution. Homosexual accusations have been graffitied on toilet walls since Pompeii, and even by the New Labour nineties, being “straight until” remains as on-trend as ever.


In ‘Kind of Love’ by Stewart Campbell, teenagers across the country are still making out, making up, and making mistakes – who cares if Parliament still can’t decide on the gay age of consent?


On a lads trip to Ibiza, gay teenager S...
Quays Life •

REVIEW: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

“We’re all born naked and the rest is drag” is an immediate thought on the first watch of ‘Priscilla, Queen of the Desert’. RuPaul’s most famous catchphrase comes from the idea that there is more to a person than what is outwardly visible. The story of two drag queens and a transgender woman tottering through the Australian desert is sharp, flamboyant, and fabulously witty – and buries extraordinary vulnerability beneath piles of glitter and dazzling smiles.  


In the sparkle of the stage, Mit...
Stockport Nub News •

Stockroom unveils Christopher Isherwood exhibition as part of LGBTQ+ History Month

"Come and wallow in voluptuous sin: Christopher Isherwood's 'Berlin Stories' now read almost like vignettes of nearly forgotten history. They blaze into life only because of his enchantingly wicked heroine, Sally Bowles." 

So reads a scrap of long-forgotten news review, carefully clipped by a superfan to whom a gay immigrant who rejected his nationality was a more enchanting hero than the star of 'I Am a Camera'.
Stockport Nub News •

Stockport left ‘begging for scraps’ for government aid in New Year’s floods, council says

The leader of Stockport Council has said he thinks Stockport may have received government aid after last year's New Year's floods if it were located in the South. 
Councillor Mark Roberts made the comment in a Cabinet meeting last night (10 February), in which councillors approved an investigation into severe flooding in Stockport last January. 
The 24-hour deluge was declared a major incident, with hundreds of people evacuated from their homes as roads became submerged across the borough.
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