ORAL HISTORIES

Robin Ford
Robin ford Extracts from Oral History Interview with Robin Ford. Robin is a gay man and a poet who was born in 1942 on

Rachel Dolling
Rachel Dolling Extracts from Oral History Interview with Rachel Dolling. Rachel describes the challenges of being a trans, bisexual woman and a mother on the

Nick Martin
Nick Martin Extracts from Oral History Interview with Nick Martin. Nick is a successful artist and he describes his love of family life with his

Maddie Jane Rann
Maddie Jane Rann Extracts from Oral History Interview with Maddie Jane Rann. Maddie talks about her love for Ventnor where she was brought up. She
Queer figures

Charlotte Mew
Charlotte Mew Charlotte Mew, a celebrated poet in her time, is now almost forgotten. Born in 1869 in London, she had strong connections to the

Anna Murray
Anna Murray is known for her work as a Sexual Health Community Practitioner for Solent NHS Trust, as well as her previous role as Age

Karl Love
Karl Love is a councillor for East Cowes, and is one of the first openly gay local councillors on the Isle f Wight. Originally from

Patrick Gale
Patrick Gale is a British author who was born on the Isle of Wight in 1962. As a child, he lived with his family at