Oral histories /Donald West

Gay London in the 1950s. The A&B Club. Biograph cinema. Speakers Corner. Writing a book on Homosexuality. Aversion Therapy.

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• GAY LONDON in the 1950s. The A&B CLUB, BIOGRAPH CINEMA, SPEAKERS CORNER00:00

  Yes, well, there was one gay bar called the A&B, the Arts and Battledress

• THE WOLFENDEN REPORT. DONALD WEST’S BOOK ON HOMOSEXUALITY. PETER04:18

  The Wolfenden Report, if I remember, was about 1956

• WRITING ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY WHILE HIDING HIS OWN – AVERSION THERAPY07:29

  Well, I ought to explain that it was thought since very extraordinary that a young...