Oscar Wilde

Ncuti Gatwa smiles while wearing a white shirt and black blazer.

Theatre
Apr 29 2024

Ncuti Gatwa to make National Theatre debut in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest

This graphic shows Oscar Wilde on the left against an edited grey background. On the right is Merlin Holland, his grandson, sitting on a chair and staring into the camera.

Features
Aug 13 2023

Oscar Wilde's grandson wonders 'why the hell' he risked it all for his lover

Stephen Fry feared he would be 'cursed' for being gay.

Celebrity
Aug 09 2023

Stephen Fry recalls fearing his life would be ‘cursed’ as a gay man like Oscar Wilde

An engraving of Roman emperor Hadrian weeping over the body of Antinous

Community
Feb 19 2023

Romosexuality: Embracing queer sex and love in ancient times

News
Oct 17 2022

How revolutionary gay poet Oscar Wilde left behind a lasting queer legacy

Drag Race UK star Vinegar Strokes as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest

Theatre
Sep 14 2022

Drag Race UK’s Vinegar Strokes on stunning all-Black tribute to ‘raging, gorgeous homo’ Oscar Wilde

UK
Dec 08 2021

Banksy to sell Oscar Wilde stencil for £10m to help save gay icon’s jail from developers

Pride roundel celebrating London's LGBT+ community can be seen at the Baker Street Tube stop in London

News
Sep 22 2021

London Tube stations get bright, beautiful Pride makeover to celebrate the LGBT+ community

Ian McKellen birthday 81 facts

Culture
May 25 2020

10 extraordinary facts about LGBT+ rights pioneer and award-winning actor Sir Ian McKellen you probably never knew

Oscar Wilde, Irish writer, in New York in January 1882. (DeAgostini/Getty Images)

Books
May 25 2020

Oscar Wilde’s reputed last words prove the iconic gay playwright kept his razor sharp wit till the very end

Arts
May 25 2020

On this day, 125 years ago, Oscar Wilde was convicted of ‘gross indecency’ and slapped with the ‘maximum sentence allowed’

UK
Apr 08 2020

Bid to turn Reading Gaol into Oscar Wilde landmark rejected, as government plans to sell site off to private owner

UK
Mar 11 2020

Stephen Fry backs campaign to transform Reading Gaol, where Oscar Wilde was imprisoned, into arts centre

Researchers discover rare copy of Victorian book that argued for acceptance of homosexuality

Books
Jan 06 2020

Researchers find rare Victorian book that argued for acceptance of homosexuality