love, freddie

Now that the truth about the complexity of Freddie’s sexuality has been revealed, his long relationship with Mary Austin seems even more extraordinary than we suspected from what we believed we knew about it. The received narrative – that they met and fell in love when Mary was a teenaged

I was recently asked what I know about Freddie Mercury: here is my response...

When news that we have long been dreading lands, it is no less shocking. A heart that has been primed to break is still as fragile. The breath still catches. Blood pressure still soars. Tears fall as copiously as if the call had been a complete surprise. Realisation that the

How Freddie Mercury fell in love with Christmas - and spoilt his secret daughter with gifts and love.

He had prayed for a miracle. Part of him hoped almost until the end that redemption would come. Back at Garden Lodge in Kensington, having left his Territet, Montreux apartment for the final time – a pained departure that meant he would never see his beloved daughter again – Freddie gave in