THEGAYUK WINTER 13 /14 Issue 1
CONTRIBUTORS
Greg Mitchell Has lived in central London for over 20 years and has somehow managed to avoid the rat race by adapting
himself to a variety of different jobs. Actor, singer, dancer - chauffeur, delivery driver, sales assistant - Porn star, escort, gogo
daddy - and now tantric masseur and writer. You name it, he's done it. You can read more of Greg at:
thegregmitchell.blogspot.com | Chris Bridges is a writer who lives in the East Midlands, a place he has never managed to
escape from yet. He divides his time between devouring masses of fiction, theatre and cinema, dressing like a 1950's
geography teacher and reminiscing about his grisly past. Chris Bridges is a regular writer for The Gay UK and also writes
more of his observations on his blog: gayboyinterrupted.blogspot.co.uk | Antony Simpson is an avid reader and writer
from the UK. Interested in: literature, films, going out, staying in, gay rights, paganism and health. His ultimate ambition in
life is to be happy and to find love. Readers sit down with a mug of tea and enjoy his writing. | Matt Parr is TheGayUK's
legal specialist. Answering all your legal queries from civil partnerships to bone marrow donation. You can find out more
about Matt at uk.linkedin.com/pub/matt-parr/37/373/135 / | Dermot O’Sullivan: I’m Dermie, a trained home-cook and
food blogger from Cork, Ireland. I absolutely love sharing my stylish seasonal recipes. All my recipes have been tried and
tested making it easy for the most novice cook to follow. I hope you’ll love my recipes as much as I do. | Robin ForemanQuercus Robin has worked within music, theatre and events for almost 20 years. He is a regular on the London theatre
scene and previously edited a leading entertainment website. When not out and about at shows, he manages business
coaching and leadership training events for some of the world's largest organisations. | Daniel Browne is a multi-award
nominated hypnotherapist, diversity consultant, and writer, who also founded Push Projects LGBTQ youth support charity
and the Warwickshire Pride festival. A slightly batty creature who has frequent blonde moments, Daniel’s loves include sushi,
cake, the 80’s, Formula 1, Annie Lennox, and Ben Cohen. | Paul Szabo In between watching far too many films for his own
good, developing his photographer’s eye, singing (badly) to his CD collection, travelling, living at the theatre, working hard to
keep vulnerable young people safe and teaching scuba diving, Paul is very pleased to be writing for TheGayUK. | Barry
Heap: I'm fat, ginger and gay and very comfortable with all of the above. I completed a degree in television production but
became disillusioned. I retrained as a person centred counsellor, I currently volunteer at a rehabilitation clinic and I am
looking to establish a gay affirmative practise. I am interested in cinema, comics and reality tv. | Jack Baxter Is our style
and grooming editor - and very good he is too. | Chris Jones lovely old drunk, craft and arty in equal measure - best taken
with a large pinch of salt. Writer for TheGayUK, Urban Times, Mansnaps amongst others, crafty work available from
jonesyinc.co.uk, etsy and folksy. | Elektra Pavlou: Born and raised in Zimbabwe and half Greek. Came to the UK in 2007 to
study psychology, became extremely interested in the body-mind connection and very interested in health and fitness. Now
working as a health coach, weight lifting and still studying to be a Counsellor. | 56 Dean Street is the UK's most popular
sexual health, contraception and HIV care clinic in the heart of Soho, London. | Monty McKinnen I first picked up a
camera when I was twelve and never looked back. The thrill of a developing image, as it materialised under the red light in
my old school’s darkroom, was too intoxicating. | Kevin Banks I am single wW