Words: Merlin Betts. Img: Iron Tail portrait, sitting for Gertrude Käsebier (public domain). This all started about a year ago with me trying to understand why Hastings Museum have a – pretty damn splendid – Native American headdress, and whether they should hold onto it or not. That story was supposed to be a quick…
Tag: history
Why We Need Pride
Words: Oli Spleen, B&W Images: Estate of Fred W. McDarrah Ten years ago this June, a gunman walked into Pulse, an LGBT+ venue in Orlando Florida and opened fire. Forty nine people died as a result. Deeply shaken by the news of this tragedy I was honoured to be asked to write a poem for…


