Chris Creegan is a public policy consultant and non-executive director who brings four decades of insight and experience as a leader and change maker to organisations and initiatives
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Lawrence Buckley 24th August 1957 – 10th July 1995 “I came across a cache of old photos… …cause we were never being boring We had too much time to find for ourselves… And we were never holding back or worried that Time would come to an end” Being Boring, Pet Shop Boys I came across an old postcard of Olympia the other day, the ancient stadium to be precise. Hues of sky blue, grass green and sandy beige, each colour slightly faded, its edges slightly frayed. Unwritten on the parchment white writing side, just faint traces of a date stamp […]
I went to see the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt at the weekend. It was on display for four days only in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern. I didn’t really have time to make the trip to London from Edinburgh where I live now. But I had to be there. For you. I knew that if I hadn’t gone, I’d have watched the scenes unfold on social media and regretted it. That phrase, social media, will mean nothing to you. Let’s just say, news travels at lightning speed these days. We don’t have to wait for it. But, of course, you’re […]
The global consquences of the Trump adminsration’s disengagement with HIV prevention could be lethal. In the UK we have the opportunity to write a different story. But there is no time to lose. During the terrifying onslaught of announcements from the Trump administration over the last few weeks, it has been his foreign policy interventions, first on Gaza and then on Ukraine, which have topped the news agenda in the UK. An area which has received less attention in the UK has been the White House’s disengagement from HIV/AIDS responses both domestically and overseas. Among the most alarming developments is a potential halt […]
On balance the choice of an assisted death is probably not one I would make for myself. That may sound like a curious way for an advocate of assisted dying to start an article at such a moment. Contradictory even. But at its heart this is a debate about choice. And whatever choice I might make, I know I cannot stand in the way of others. Least of all those closest to me. That reflection is a part — one part — of my story. A story which I will come back to in a moment. But first, a little […]
On human forms, your presence, first and always open smile; I cannot reach the memory or ease the space, of in between the cliffs and sky: the silence. From Untitled by David Annwn* It has taken me 16 years to write this letter. But you would have been 60 today and I could not let the moment pass. I’m writing from the East Neuk of Fife, a stone’s throw from the North Sea on a bright, blue, blustery morning. You never came to this place. So much you don’t know. How could you? To borrow some words from Judy Grahn, you will […]
On Monday the BBC’s flagship arts programme, Front Row, marked the 40th anniversary of the release of The Age of Consent, Bronski Beat’s debut album, on 15th October 1984. Presenter Samira Ahmed talked to Laurie Belgrave, founder and director of the south London queer bar and performance collective, The Chateau, and novelist, Matt Cain, formerly editor of Attitude. How far we’ve come. The discussion which ensued would have been unthinkable on a mainstream arts show in those days. And it was inspiring to hear that the album resonated so powerfully after so long and that it continues to embolden subsequent generations of activists. I was […]
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10/07/2025
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