Archive - Huw Lemmey's 'Utopian Drivel'

My Adorable Wholesome Little Guys

Heartstopper has become a hit graphic novel and TV series based on its idealistic representations of young gay love. But does its idealism sell its…

Jul 9 •

May 2025

Proper Gay Like

May 23 •

Hope Against Hope

15 years on, did it get better?

May 7 •

April 2025

Roses, languages, and clods of the Catalan earth

Apr 25 •

A postcard from the edge of consciousness

Apr 16 •

Knock Knock, Who's There?

Apr 7 •

January 2025

Playing in Traffic

I’ve often marvelled at the inner world of the pigeon.

Jan 7 •

November 2024

The Anatomy of a Joke

On Fisting Norman Lamont

Nov 5, 2024 •

September 2024

Sep 13, 2024

August 2024

Let's Go Outside

looking through windows to the world

Aug 14, 2024 •

July 2024

On the Grindr-isation of Sniffies

Jul 20, 2024 •

On Liz Truss’s Face

I stared deep into Liz Truss’s eyes, and, to my horror, found only Liz Truss staring back.

Jul 5, 2024 •

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