Tales of the Second City.
January:

Tribute to a veteran EastEnder in 'Cockney Guv'ner'...
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Revised toilet tale in 'Public Inconvenience'...
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There are men you talk to, others with whom you flirt, and those you just admire.

'Don't Look Now' the latest blog from Tales of the Second City @
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'Don't Look Now'... the latest blog from Tales of the Second City.

There are men you talk to, others with whom you flirt, and those you just admire.

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Don’t Look Now He glanced up from his screen and we jolted back into life, all looking in different directions at once, like a mob of meerkats. Heads swivelled and eyes rolled from window, to floor, to door. Two …

'Don't Look Now'... the latest blog from Tales of the Second City.

There are men you talk to, others with whom you flirt, and those you just admire.

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Feeling dirty? Get yourself down to the Wash House on Hurst Street (formerly Sidewalk). Birmingham's gay village has a new venue

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Committed to a 'deeply caring relationship' with a handsome stranger.... in 'Chai & Chocolates'.

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Birmingham's gay village has a new venue.

Wash House (formerly Sidewalk) opened in 14th Feb. A coffee bar will be opening nextdoor soon.

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Chai & Chocolates ‘You are in love with him?’ lawyer pushed. ‘Barely know him. I had to ask his name in the car on the way over here.’ I went there to prove his sexual orientation. Nothing more. I explained I was al…

That Valentine's Day I found myself committed to a deeply caring relationship with a handsome stranger... in 'Chai & Chocolates'.

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An unnerving encounter in the gay village... in 'Demon Drink'.

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An unnerving encounter in the gay village... in 'Demon Drink'.

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Short & Curlies: Demon Drink I saw the devil in a gay bar on Hurst Street.

An unnerving encounter in the gay village... in 'Demon Drink'.

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'Where There's a Will'... Do you have your affairs in order?

Tales of the Second City in issue 51 of Forever with Pride e-magazine.

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Bought these for a fancy dress party next week. They leave very little to the imagination 🫣

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Happy New Year from the Tales of the Second City.

Misadventures on Birmingham's gay scene @talesofthesecondcity.com

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Merry Christmas from the Midlands.

Misadventures on Birmingham's gay scene @talesofthesecondcity.com

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Bustin’ Makes Me Feel Good The space was deserted and desolate. I crossed the oddly raked floor, slanted like a room in a carnival fun house, and peered behind a partition of corrugated panels, only to be confronted by&#8230…

Horror awaits in the shadows... 'Short & Curlies: Bustin' Makes Me Feel Good'.

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Sweeney Prod You can cut the sexual tension with… well… a pair of barber’s scissors.

Something for the weekend in... 'Short & Curlies: Sweeney Prod'

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Ride Home The taxi pulled alongside and the driver called out of the window. I wasn’t in the market for a cab… just yet, but this guy was hot… and I thought I detected that glint in his eye.

2025 saw the launch of a series of mini-tales with... 'Short & Curlies: Ride Home'.

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Mental Elf Issues “I’m sorry,” announced Darren aghast, “but exactly what part of this conversation do you think is appropriate or complimentary?!  You have randomly come up to us in the street to praise us for bein…

An odd encounter at Queens Heath Pride in... 'Mental Elf Issues'.

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Ginger & Spice Investigate Birmingham’s gay scene has its own amateur super-sleuths: Hurst Street’s answer to Hart to Hart; Scarecrow and Mrs King; Scooby and Shaggy; that episode of Murder She Wrote where Jessica Fletcher t…

There is a case to solve in... 'Ginger & Spice Investigate'.

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Man’s Best Friend I took the opportunity to text my partner, ‘I’m talking to a lovely Romanian. I don’t think he has worked out that he is a gay bar.’

When your dog is a scene queen... 'Man's Best Friend'.

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It Takes a Village The venue smelled fresh… and looked stunning. A combination of old pub charm with state-of-the-art club and cabaret facilities. The greatest compliment I can give is that it felt vibrant and new, y…

The grand opening in... 'It Takes a Village'.

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All the World’s a Stage I got to play real-life Doctor and Nurses when I visited a beautiful friend at the surgery where he works. The moment he spotted me approaching the desk he came over and suggested we go to a consul…

The roles we play in... 'All The World's a Stage'.

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Memory Lane “Erm, Hello,” I started, awkwardly. “Sorry to disturb you, but I used to live here as a child. When we left, I took a souvenir from the front garden…”

There is no place like home in... 'Memory Lane'.

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Boltz – The Final Fling Personally, it was This Is Your Life. Everyone I knew or had known seemed to be in attendance. I half expected Eamonn Andrews to pop up with a big red book filled with incriminating photos and memo…

JANUARY continued with a night to remember... as Boltz closed its doors.

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Our Revels Now Are Ended It was so much more than just that sex-bar in the shadows of Birmingham’s gay scene.

2025 started with this brief eulogy for Boltz.

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'Home Is Where The Heart Is' the 3rd in a trilogy of columns from Tales of the Second City, in the DECEMBER issue of Forever with Pride e-magazine www.foreverwithpride.com/e-magazine/

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Discover over 130 queer tales from Birmingham's gay scene at talesofthesecondcity.com

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'Hearts Broken' from Tales of the Second City, in the NOV issue of Forever with Pride e-magazine www.foreverwithpride.com/e-magazine/

Telling tales from the gayside of the UK's second city @ talesofthesecondcity.com

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