List of News Articles

  1. Pulp Fiction Exhibition

  2. The Fetish Unlimited Podcast

  3. Knowing our history, knowing our community

  4. Kink In The Archive III

  5. Myra Hess: National Treasure

    Summary: On May 11, 2025, we celebrated Myra Hess, whose 1927 Rosewood Model D Steinway Grand piano has been Piano in Residence at Bishopsgate Institute since 1965.

  6. Queer Show and Tell at Bishopsgate

    Summary: This December, we hosted a story circle to discuss the material footprint of queerness.

    10 min read

  7. Shakti Khabar: Queer South Asian lives in Britain

    Summary: In this blog, I put the spotlight on Shakti Khabar, one of the earliest newsletters run by and for queer people of South Asian descent.

    10 min read

  8. Why so much leather & fetish? An interview with Time Out

    Summary: Back in the summer, Leonie Cooper from Time Out magazine caught up with Stefan about the Leather & Fetish collections.

    10 min read

  9. Bishopsgate Institute welcomes four new trustees

    Summary: Bishopsgate Institute is delighted to announce the appointment of Sarah Aitchison, Simon Demissie, Nancy Kelley and Ben McKnight to the charity’s Board.

    2 min read

  10. Being Seen Being Heard: Amplifying British South Asian Women’s Voices

    Summary: Through “Being Seen, Being Heard”, Sohaila Baluch offers a chance to pause, to reflect and to centre the stories of British South Asian women.

  11. Gallery: Drag Save The King

    Summary: At the start of May, the cream of London’s Drag King scene came together to prove that 2023 really is Year of the King.