Professor Matt Cook publishes new book, Queer Beyond London, with co-author Alison Oram

In this book, the two leading historians offer a fresh look at how local people and places shaped vibrant LGBTQ communities across England, giving readers an alternative celebration of LGBTQ history in Britain.

The book has been showered with praise from various leading figures in the field, including Chris Smith, Britain’s first openly gay MP and a former cabinet minister and member of the House of Lords, stating: “This book tells a fascinating and compelling story. It takes us to places we know and love and to some we didn’t know so much about. It tells local stories, personal stories, human stories. It completes the nation’s queer jigsaw. It’s a must-read.”

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About the Authors:

Matt Cook is a social and cultural historian specialising in LGBT and queer history.

He is currently the Jonathan Cooper Chair of the History of Sexuality at the University of Oxford. His books include London and the Culture of Homosexuality (2003), A Gay History of Britain (2007) and Queer Domesticities (2014). He appears regularly on radio, occasionally on TV, and has acted as a consultant on a number of films, documentaries and stage shows.

Alison Oram is Professor Emerita at Leeds Beckett University. Together, Alison and Matt wrote the National Trust’s first LGBTQ guidebook, Prejudice and Pride.