HIV/AIDS Archives - Chris Creegan

How Scotland can beat stigma and end HIV transmission by 2030 — and why we must

04/12/2023

‘What one can see is the present, the dimension of landscape which is in front of us now. But now is shaped by the past, backed by it, as it were, the way the glass of a mirror is backed by silver; it’s what lies behind the present that gives it its color and sheen. […]

On the death of a remarkable woman – in memory of Marie Buckley

22/12/2023

Scarcely anyone reading this will have heard of Marie Buckley who has died aged 86. Yet she was, by any measure, a remarkable woman. And although I had not seen her for many years, she was also one of the most significant people in my life. Marie was my late partner, Lawrence’s mum. If you […]

A journey through grief

10/07/2024

In 1937, even though banned by the Nazis from producing her work, the artist Käthe Kollwitz secretly made one of her last major pieces. Just 40cm high, it is a sculpture of the draped figure of a mother, sharing a silhouette while cradling her grown son. Twenty-three years after her son Peter’s death, at the […]

‘You and me together, fighting for our love’ – how Bronski Beat’s The Age of Consent defined an era and why it endures 40 years on

18/10/2024

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 […]

Ending new HIV transmission in the UK by 2030 is within our grasp — we must not fail

20/02/2025

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, […]

I couldn’t miss the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt at Tate Modern

17/06/2025

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 […]

Every picture tells a story – a postcard from the past

10/07/2025

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 […]