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Hadley Stewart
@wordsbyhadley.bsky.social
Journalist. Features Editor, Vada Magazine 🏳️‍🌈
Words: Attitude, Euronews, NBC News, Reuters etc.
📍London
https://www.hadleystewart.co.uk/
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🌈 LGBTQ-specific projects, topics or events
📍UK-based, preferably
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In the wake of president Trump’s dismantling of USAID funding, I sat down with Kaleidoscope Trust CEO @alexfarrow.bsky.social to discuss what this means for LGBTQ+ people across the world. vadamagazine.com/features/ale...
“An enormous threat”: Kaleidoscope Trust CEO Alex Farrow on Trump’s influence on global LGBTQ+ rights.
In the wake of president Trump’s dismantling of USAID funding, Kaleidoscope CEO Alex Farrow sits down with Hadley Stewart to discuss what this means for LGBTQ+ people across the world.
vadamagazine.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Taylor Swift has Tree Pain, @hughsheehan.bsky.social is stuck with me. Not a bad first week as Hugh's publicist ✨ Excited to see what's next for Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7... 🎙️🏳️‍🌈
October 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
‘The drunk girl in the loo said we should take it to the fringe’: how super-producer Francesca Moody discovered Fleabag as she returns to Edinburgh for the 20th time www.tatler.com/article/fran...
‘The drunk girl in the loo said we should take it to the fringe’: how super-producer Francesca Moody discovered Fleabag as she returns to Edinburgh for the 20th time
Fleabag and Baby Reindeer’s Oliver award-winning super-producer has returned to the Edinburgh fringe with a bold new venture and a host of other plays. Could they be the next phenomenon?
www.tatler.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I interviewed Gemma Rolls-Bentley for Vada Magazine: “I didn’t really know how to navigate the art world as a northern lesbian.” vadamagazine.com/features/cur...
Curator Gemma Rolls-Bentley: “I didn’t really know how to navigate the art world as a northern lesbian.”
As a curator who has been at the forefront of contemporary art for almost two decades, Gemma Rolls-Bentley sits down with Hadley Stewart to reflect on the impact of queer representation in art and her...
vadamagazine.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Sandra Oh Knows What’s Great About Middle Age www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/m...
Sandra Oh Knows What’s Great About Middle Age
www.nytimes.com
July 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Reposted by Hadley Stewart
20 years ago today, a bomb exploded on a bus at Tavistock Square. I was there. This is what happened:
The Seventh
I am not supposed to be here. That’s almost all I can think as I run as fast as I can away from Tavistock Square. It is 7 July 2005. I am not supposed to be here. I am supposed to be at work. I nev…
theguyliner.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Highlights from the Celine Spring 2026 Ready-to-Wear collection ❤️
July 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Anna Wintour: end of an era as ‘queen of fashion’ departs as American Vogue’s editor-in-chief
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
Anna Wintour: end of an era as ‘queen of fashion’ departs as American Vogue’s editor-in-chief
Wintour has amplified the place of fashion in culture beyond all recognition
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Some front row snaps from this year's Graduate Fashion Week #GFW25
June 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
It's been a busy few days! From being front row at this year's Graduate Fashion Week shows, to attending the Kaleidoscope Trust's annual Pride Parliamentary reception...
June 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Reposted by Hadley Stewart
Loved sitting down with @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social for this interview, take a read now ❤️
June 16, 2025 at 8:20 AM
“This has been a real journey for me.” - I sat down with
@danieljharding.bsky.social to discuss his latest book, reconnecting with our queer selves, and dating. vadamagazine.com/features/dan...
Daniel Harding on reconnecting with his younger queer self: “This has been a real journey for me.”
The author and journalist sits down with Hadley Stewart to discuss how his latest book provides a window into the experiences of queer people, and the importance of representation for the LGBTQ+ commu...
vadamagazine.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Vanity Fair Names Mark Guiducci as Its Top Editor www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/b...
Vanity Fair Names Mark Guiducci as Its Top Editor
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Jacinda Ardern Thinks World Leaders Need More Kindness www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/s...
Jacinda Ardern Thinks World Leaders Need More Kindness
www.nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I sat down with Jack Dale-Dowd, CEO of @contactmcr.bsky.social to discuss how he's championing the diverse voices of Greater Manchester through the arts: “Contact was the first venue in Manchester where I felt that I belonged.” vadamagazine.com/features/jac...
Contact’s Chief Executive Jack Dale-Dowd: “Contact was the first venue in Manchester where I felt that I belonged.”
Having worked with the arts charity and theatre for over a decade, the recently-appointed CEO of Contact sat down with Hadley Stewart to discuss how he is championing the diverse voices of Greater Man...
vadamagazine.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
‘I read him my seven-page sex scene’: Gay Bar author Jeremy Atherton Lin’s transatlantic love story

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
‘I read him my seven-page sex scene’: Gay Bar author Jeremy Atherton Lin’s transatlantic love story
When the writer’s partner overstayed his US visa, the couple were forced to live ‘underground’. He talks about their fear of deportation – and the secret to a happy open relationship
www.theguardian.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Antoni Porowski on His Big Green Sofa, Real Plants and Taylor Swift www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Antoni Porowski on His Big Green Sofa, Real Plants and Taylor Swift
Take a look inside the “Queer Eye” star’s Manhattan apartment.
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Reposted by Hadley Stewart
I'm really excited to share the project I've been working on with @naomilord.bsky.social - BELONGING IS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT, an exhibition that explores how we belong through culture, resistance and representation. This summer at @creatives-now.bsky.social 🎨
May 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Reposted by Hadley Stewart
One out of 23 councils has declared its count btw. We’re essentially doing a post-mortem while the patient is still sitting up and asking for a cup of tea.
May 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I'm really excited to share the project I've been working on with @naomilord.bsky.social - BELONGING IS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT, an exhibition that explores how we belong through culture, resistance and representation. This summer at @creatives-now.bsky.social 🎨
May 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Reposted by Hadley Stewart
Look at this house. It's a perfectly nice house but it's not a remarkable house. It's the sort of house a doctor or a lawyer should be able to buy as a family home. A nice Georgian terrace. But because it's in London, it's 2 point 3 million quid.

£2.3m. 🤯..
April 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
‘60 Minutes’ Chief Resigns in Emotional Meeting: ‘The Company Is Done With Me’ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Chief Resigns in Emotional Meeting: ‘The Company Is Done With Me’
The news program has faced mounting pressure from both President Trump and its corporate ownership at Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
www.nytimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I interviewed Roxy Bourdillon for the latest Vada cover. Ahead of the publication of her memoir, What a Girl Wants, she talked to me about being a woman who loves women, her relationship with her body, and the hierarchy of grief. vadamagazine.com/features/rox...
April 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Reposted by Hadley Stewart
Had a lovely chat with Hadley for Vada magazine. We spoke about Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7, the importance of plurality in LGBTQ+ storytelling, why I think podcasts are such a singular medium, and my preoccupation with making work that excavates the (queer) human experience.
I interviewed Hugh Sheehan, the creative behind the BBC's Bolton 7 podcast: “It’s so frustrating seeing queer stories being told in a really one-dimensional way.” vadamagazine.com/features/hug...
April 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM