Acknowledgements

I’d like to thank the following people who contributed advice, information, time or assistance in various ways:

Sue Blackwell, Chris Bryant, Stefan Dickers, Erich Erving, Jez Dolan, Bryon Fear, Tim Greening-Jackson, Craig Hutchinson, Martha Jay, Sally Johnson, Ian Lucas, Richard Maggs, Kevan Mai, Mark Mander, Andy Medhurst, Liz Morrish, Lynne Murphy, Joe Richardson, Mark Sebba, Aimee Selby, Alan Sinfield, Jane Sunderland, Joan Swann, Barry Took, David Watkins, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and the Polari speakers whose interviews I quote from in this book.