The Diaries of Mr Lucas - Life in 1960s Gay London

An utterly unforgettable account of lost gay history based on a set of real diaries, presented by the highly acclaimed journalist Hugo Greenhalgh

About the author

Hugo Greenhalgh has been a journalist for more than thirty years. Now a full-time writer, he is the former LGBTQ+ editor of the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Before that he worked at the Financial Times. In 2024, he was named an LGBTQ+ trailblazer on the Attitude 101 list. Previously he has been nominated for the European Press Prize, Amnesty International's Media Awards and the GLAAD Media Awards. He is also a former activist. Aged 19, he took the British Government to the European Court of Human Rights over the gay male age of consent in the UK.

Summary

An utterly unforgettable account of lost gay history based on a set of real diaries, presented by the highly acclaimed journalist Hugo Greenhalgh

Foreword

An utterly unforgettable account of lost gay history based on a set of real diaries, presented by the highly acclaimed journalist Hugo Greenhalgh

Product details

• Authors: Hugo Greenhalgh
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2025
• EAN: 9781838958145
• ISBN: 978-1-83895-814-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 282 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws, HISTORY / Social History, Memoirs, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBT Studies / Gay Studies, Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, Diaries, letters and journals, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, c 1960 to c 1969, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies, Relating to gay people, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics