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Cartoonist Kate Charlesworth presents a glorious pageant of LGBTQI+ history, as she takes us on a PRIDE march past personal and political milestones from the 1950s to the present day. Peopled by a cast of gay icons such as Dusty Springfield, Billie Jean King, Dirk Bogarde and Alan Turing, and…

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1 author picked Sensible Footwear as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This was one of those gems picked up from a shelf in a bookstore, chosen from the title and the cover, and then such a thrill to realise how good it was.

It’s a memoir drawn in cartoon form and it’s a real work of love, the stories, the relationships, good and bad and sad and funny, are all desperately real. I really enjoyed it. I found myself weeping over a cartoon, and then laughing ten pages later. It’s a very sensitive portrayal of a life well lived. 

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