Kicking on

‘I’VE NEVER HAD a problem with being open,” says Andy Bell. “I wear my heart on my sleeve.” It’s a simple statement, but one that has defined a career. From the moment he stepped into the spotlight wi

Something is wrong. It’s autumn 2024, and I’m running through Scarborough with my partner Joel and our two dogs, Fen and Ava. Keeping my health and fitness in check is nothing foreign to me. Even thou

Eleven years on from the ‘transgender tipping point’ — a term coined by Time magazine when it featured Laverne Cox on its cover, and a moment of self-visualisation and representation for many a trans

‘I GOT SHOT at plenty of times,” recalls Flight Lieutenant Caroline Paige MBE of her 35-year Royal Air Force (RAF) career, which began in 1980. “There were really scary moments. Flying jets in the 80s

‘STANDING OUT AT school, I thought, ‘Well, you can either be different and then be scared and intimidated, or you can go, well, I don’t want to be the same as you anyway and take control of it.’” It’s

HE VOLUNTEERS IT within 10 minutes of meeting me. “People either love me or fucking hate me, put every ounce of belief into me or don’t believe [in] me whatsoever,” he says, sounding more bullish than