Charlie Porter

4 weeks ago | ft.com | Charlie Porter

Chantal Joffe does not want you to look at her.

2 months ago | lesen.de | Charlie Porter |George Eliot |Stephen King

'A work of genius' Philip Hoare 'One of the best things I've read in many many years' Hilton Als'Beautifully provocative ... the most compelling exploration of life, death, love and resistance that I've read for a very long time' Eimear McBrideA story of loss and grief, sex and love, and refusing to relinquish dreamsHe said he would understand if it was too much for me, that I could leave him, that I was young, I should be living, I said to him, I am living.

2 months ago | i-d.co | Charlie Porter

I grew up with the presumption of early death. I was eight years old in 1981, the year of the first reported AIDS deaths. It was around the same age I first knew I was gay. To be a queer kid then was to not just survive entrenched societal homophobia but to face the prospect of dying young. In 1996, anti-retroviral treatments were introduced that made it possible to live a full life with an HIV+ diagnosis. I was 23.

2 months ago | ft.com | Charlie Porter

It started with a letter.

Aug 23, 2024 | ft.com | Charlie Porter

For the past nine months, I have been making Chanel jackets. Or rather, I have been making jackets from a Chanel pattern.