{"title":"Peter Parker","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeter Parker’s works offer engaging explorations of both the natural world and vibrant cultural histories. From the delicate intricacies of botanical Latin to vivid portraits of queer life in mid-20th century London, his books draw readers into richly detailed and thoughtfully curated realms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlending careful scholarship with accessible storytelling, Parker’s writings celebrate the intersections of \u003cem\u003eHome \u0026amp; Garden\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e. 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Forster, or living lives of quiet—or occasionally rowdy—anonymity in pubs, clubs, more public places of assignation, or at home. It is rich with letters, diaries, psychological textbooks, novels, films, plays and police records, covering a wide range of viewpoints, from those who deplored homosexuality to those who campaigned for its decriminalisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis first volume, from 1945 to 1959, details a community forced to live at constant risk of blackmail or prison. 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A moral panic ensued, centred around London as the place to which gay men gravitated.\n\nPeter Parker's fascinating new compendium explores what it was actually like for queer men in London in this period, whether they were well-known figures such as Francis Bacon, Joe Orton and Kenneth Williams, or living lives of quiet - or occasionally rowdy - anonymity in pubs, clubs, more public places of assignation, or at home. It is rich with letters, diaries, psychological textbooks, novels, films, plays and police records, covering a wide range of viewpoints, from those who deplored homosexuality to those who campaigned for its decriminalisation.\n\nThis second volume, from 1960 to 1967, shows how key elements in British society gradually changed their views on homosexuality, resulting in the landmark 1967 act by which it was no longer considered a crime if it took place between adults in private. 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