Polari HQ • What are we reading?
September 8, 2012
Recommendations from Polari’s writers based on what they are reading this week.
Permalink“This week: Jenni Fagan, Gore Vidal, Cormac McCarthy & Christopher Fowler.”
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Polari HQ • What are we watching?
01 September, 2012
Recommendations from Polari’s writers based on what they are watching this week.
Permalink“This week: Jazz on a Summer’s Day, Battlestar Galactica, Keep the Lights On, Paralympics London 2012.”
7 funniest WTF?! search terms this week
Search terms that have led readers to Polari.
It’s madness, and part of Polari’s WTF Friday features. Dirty homo sex and brainwashing.
Permalink“Doesn’t Google know that Polari has delusions of grandeur and isn’t another excuse to perv?”
7 funniest WTF?! search terms this week
Search terms that have led readers to Polari.
It’s madness, and part of Polari’s WTF Friday features. Madonna and telekinesis!
Permalink“It’s funny when you know where a search term led, but you still think, ‘why the hell would anyone search for that?’ Unless it’s a 21st century fetish we’ve not heard about …”
Polari Magazine on The World Radio
Bona to Nellyarda!
Polari’s editor, alongside Clayton Littlewood and David Benson, talks about what Polari meant at the height of its use in the 1950s and ’60s.
Permalink“At the start of the London 2012 Olympics, Polari Magazine joined Clayton Littlewood at the BBC’s new building in Portland Place to talk about the meaning of the slang Polari.”
What is Polari All About?
Vada that omee ajax
The Editor writes all about the word Polari, and explains why the magazine is called Polari.
Permalink“As a form of slang, it developed as the times required. It made its way into the music halls, where it was picked up by actors, and found its way across the English Channel to the London gay scene.”
The Weekly Polari Publishing Schedule
Looking Back While Looking Forward.
Polari Magazine introduces a new weekly publishing schedule, and the editor writes about the reasons why, and the driving ideas behind it.
Permalink“The word magazine is an Arabic term for storehouse. That’s what we are aiming toward.”
7 funniest WTF?! search terms this week
Search terms that have led readers to Polari.
It’s madness, and part of Polari’s WTF Friday features. Darren Hayes & superheroes!
Permalink“This is our favourite. Google translate reveals: Darren Hayes doll where to buy?.”
It’s about the subculture, not a lifestyle
A frank interview with Polari’s editor.
The editor talks about what makes Polari Magazine different from the mainstream gay press, and how the “no nipple policy” got lost along the way.
Permalink“We bill the content as LGBT, and the readers are interested in ideas, in politics, and what it means to be part of a subculture. That said, I also have friends’ mothers who read it.”
The Lowdown on Polari 3.0
On the all-new rebuilt Polari Magazine website
To mark its third birthday, Polari is relaunched in the most dynamic and exciting version we’ve built to date.
PermalinkInterestingly, the idea for Polari was conceived in January 2006, but it was not until December 2008 that the website was launched. That’s a 22 month gestation period, which is the same as it is for a baby elephant.
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