Vada Magazine • 6th June 2022

How Justin Myers was inspired by Adele's divorce for his latest book

Author Justin Myers returns with his third novel, and sits down with Vada Magazine to talk about being in the closet, class, and working with Adam Kay.

16th May 2022

A Decade of Lessons: in conversation with a gay student and his former teacher

Hadley Stewart in conversation with Naomi Lord at the Festival of Education.

Vada Magazine • 16th May 2022

Laura Kay tells us everything about a queer therapist from Brighton

Laura Kay sits down with Vada Magazine to discuss the importance of queer representation in fiction, her writing process, and the impact of shame, ahead of the publication of her second novel, Tell Me Everything.

Vada Magazine • 27th April 2022

Chris McCrudden sashays away into space

Hadley Stewart sits down with author Chris McCrudden to discuss his latest book, Sashay to the Centre of the Earth, the third in his Battlestar Suburbia sci-fi series.

Vada Magazine • 6th March 2022

Ukrainian LGBTQ+ Activists: "We are living in a nightmare"

As Russian forces invade Ukraine, Vada Magazine looks at how human rights organisations in the region are working to support LGBTQ+ refugees fleeing the war.

Vada Magazine • 2nd February 2022

Lee Knight: on stage with Sir Ian McKellen during a pandemic

Lee Knight has just finished an exhausting run of Hamlet and The Cherry Orchard at Windor’s Theatre Royal when he sits down for an interview with Vada Magazine.

CreativesNow • 13th January 2022

TV binging: It's a sin?

The series reminded us of the history of the LGBTQ+ community, but it also held up a mirror to what was happening in our lives at the time.

Vada Magazine • 7th November 2021

Adam Zmith: sniffing out the history of poppers

Hadley Stewart sits down with Adam Zmith to discuss his book Deep Sniff, an exploration of the history of poppers, queer culture and liberation.

Vada Magazine • 21st September 2021

Kevin Poulter: the employment lawyer on his busiest year so far

Hadley Stewart lunches with employment lawyer Kevin Poulter, to reflect on his busiest year yet, the legalities of furlough, and how our relationship with work has changed.

Vada Magazine • 4th August 2021

Lewis Oakley: the invisibility of bisexuality

Hadley Stewart speaks to activist Lewis Oakley about how he is attempting to bring greater visibility to bisexuality – a sexuality that he argues has been disregarded for too long.

LGBT HERO • 16th July 2021

Therapy and me

My therapist told me she doesn’t read my articles. “That wouldn’t be appropriate,” she said during one session.

Vada Magazine • 8th July 2021

Laura Kay: finding humour in a break-up

Hadley Stewart sits down with Laura Kay, author of queer rom-com, The Split. They talk about how to write funny, the hills of Sheffield, and why people need to get better at break-ups.

Vada Magazine • 24th June 2021

Ian Eagleton: Encouraging empathy with children's stories

Author Ian Eagleton brings a queer love story to the pages of his children’s book, Nen and the Lonely Fisherman.

Vada Magazine • 20th June 2021

Andrew McMillan: the language of pain

Hadley Stewart sits down with Andrew McMillan to discuss his latest poetry collection, pandemonium, and how he hopes to provide a language to the abstract daemons in our lives.

Vada Magazine • 24th May 2021

Matt Cain: it's never too late to find love

Matt Cain takes us on a journey of self-discovery and searching for a long-lost love, in his latest novel The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle.

FS Magazine • 11th May 2021

We need to appreciate our female allies

This year, we had another reminder of the obstacles that women, the people who that so many of us have leant on when things were tough, face in their daily lives.

Vada Magazine • 1st May 2021

Bottoming: meet the minds behind the LGBTQ+ mental health podcast

Hadley Stewart speaks with Matthew Riley and Brendan Geoghegan, the two friends behind the LGBTQ+ mental health podcast, Bottoming.

Vada Magazine • 19th April 2021

Nathaniel J Hall: the dramatisation of HIV

Hadley Stewart catches up with actor Nathaniel J Hall about It’s A Sin, Russell T Davies and the importance of talking about HIV.

Vada Magazine • 11th April 2021

Manchester Walking Tours: a stroll through the city's queer history

Hadley Stewart catches up with Joshua Val Martin, the founder of Free Manchester Walking Tours, to talk about the city’s LGBT+ history.

YouTube • 1st April 2021

#GetSexSmart MSM Health

Men who have sex with men have some extra bits to think about when it comes to sexual health.